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Receiving Ritual
Reading Joyce Rupp's book The Cup of Our Life, I was inspired to create a "receiving ritual" by this suggestion:
"Hold the empty cup in your hands.
Look at all the room the cup has for filli…
A Prayer to End Global Economic Inequality
Hearer of All, we pray that you will watch over and protect those who are suffering around the world as a result of economic inequality.
Report: Elites and citizens agree that economic inequalit…
To Behold with Awe
We continue to work on The Reverence Project, identifying many passageways into the understanding and practice of respect and awe. Recently, I came across a copy of Creation Spirituality magazine, f…
No Place Like Home
African Wisdom
Not where I was born, but where it goes well with me is my home.
— Kanuri Saying in Wisdom of the African World
The Palm of Your Hand
Credo
I will be truthful.
I will suffer no injustice.
I will be free from fear.
I will not use force.
I will be of good will to all.
— Mahatma Gandhi in The Little Book of Prayers
Quest…
Perspectives on the Spiritual Life
Mantra
Think distant.
— Zen saying
Proverb
Each day is a messenger of God.
— Russian Proverb
Our Life Purpose
Catholic Wisdom
Here, Now
God comes to visible expression
in each of us.
— Michael Moorwood in A Maryknoll Book of Inspiration
Aspects of Love
Catholic Wisdom
Love is the seed of life in my own heart
when it seeks the good of the other.
— Thomas Merton in Thomas Merton: Essential Writings
Early Morning Routines
I rise at 4 a.m. as do many monks in their cells around the world. I am grateful for another day to bring pleasure to God and to serve others with resources for their spiritual journeys.
I repea…