There have been many saints who have gone before to guide us, but I like the ones who are simple, like St. Therese of Lisieux. I chose her as my namesake because she did ordinary things with extraordinary love.
~(Mother Teresa)
I think it is clear from these words spoken by Jesus to his disciples that he sensed he would not be around forever, so it was up to those who lived after him to continue and even expand the work he had started. Yet what I was often told early in my life was that Jesus had already done everything for me and I didn’t have to do anything to
This Week’s Quotation: Every one of us already has the seed of mindfulness. The practice is to cultivate it. Yesterday is already gone. Tomorrow is not yet here. Today is the only day available to us; it is the most important day of our lives.
This Week’s Quotation: This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. ~ Book of Psalms, 118:24 Celebrating Life Let us rejoice and be glad in each new day! After all, this is our precious life to
The scripture says, “We will eat the fruit of our words.” Words are like seeds. You are planting seeds when you talk. At some point, you’re going to eat that fruit. When you speak something out, you give life to what you’re saying. If you continue to say it, eventually that can become a reality. Whether you realize it or not, you are prophesying your future. You’re going to reap
I think it is obvious from this professed devotion from Mother Teresa that to her, God was not some remote and separate entity up there or out there somewhere in the universe. Surely to suggest that we are “swimming in God” means that God is the very essence of our being, the ver y core of who we are.
Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. All things pass away. God never changes. Patience obtains all things. They who have God lack nothing. God alone is enough. ~ Saint Teresa of Avila
Radiance is the ever-expanding Essence of the Wonderful One made manifest in the body. Radiance is the Presence made visible in the world of physical things, that I AM THAT I AM may be known. ~ Lloyd Arthur Meeker, p.11, Seven Steps to the Temple of Light
Lloyd Arthur Meeker, p.11, Seven Steps to the Temple of Light
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. ~ Albert Einstein
We miss out when we aren’t living our lives as if everything is a miracle. A loss of faith can cause us to miss seeing the sweet and beautiful—the evidence of God—all around us.
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
~ Martin Luther King
Peter didn’t mince words in describing what he visualized regarding the future of humanity. I hope his prognosis is not so scary that you’re inclined to stop reading now! Actually, he outlines a very optimistic scenario from his elevated perspective, which can also be ours.
Deal ye one with another with the utmost love and harmony, with friendliness and fellowship.… So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth. ~ Bahá’u’lláh