"May we all grow in grace and peace,
and not neglect the silence that is printed in the center of our being, It will not fail us." ~ Thomas Merton |
“You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.”
― Anne Lamott |
All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a room. Blaise Pascal
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I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone. Francis of Assisi
Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. Francis of Assisi
How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God. Thomas Aquinas
While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation. Maya Angelou
“You can either practice being right or practice being kind."
― Anne Lamott
― Anne Lamott
“If grace is so wonderful, why do we have such difficulty
recognizing and accepting it? Maybe it's because grace is not gentle or
made-to-order. It often comes disguised as loss, or failure, or unwelcome
change.”
Kathleen Norris
recognizing and accepting it? Maybe it's because grace is not gentle or
made-to-order. It often comes disguised as loss, or failure, or unwelcome
change.”
Kathleen Norris
Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your
words positive because your words become your behaviors. Keep your
behaviors positive because your behaviors become your habits. Keep your
habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values
positive because your values become your destiny.
Gandhi
words positive because your words become your behaviors. Keep your
behaviors positive because your behaviors become your habits. Keep your
habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values
positive because your values become your destiny.
Gandhi
" Sing and rejoice you children of the Day and of the Light. For the Lord is at work in this thick night of darkness that may be felt. Truth does flourish as the rose, the lilies do grow among the thorns, the plants atop of the hills, and upon them the lambs do skip and play." George Fox
We need to see good in ourselves in order to love ourselves. He does not.
He loves us, not because we are good, but because He is.
Thomas Merton
He loves us, not because we are good, but because He is.
Thomas Merton
"It was not because they praised Him that He looked at them;
they praised Him because they were seen by Him." Thomas Merton
they praised Him because they were seen by Him." Thomas Merton
The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to
twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of
ourselves we find in them. Thomas Merton
twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of
ourselves we find in them. Thomas Merton
"Gratitude is peace."
Anne Lamotte
Anne Lamotte
"The far ends of time meet in his hands."
"He is the uncreated image of which we are created images."
Thomas Merton
"He is the uncreated image of which we are created images."
Thomas Merton
"All we need to know is how to recognize his will in the present moment."
" The divine will is the wholeness, the good and the true in all things."
Jean-Pierre de Caussade
" The divine will is the wholeness, the good and the true in all things."
Jean-Pierre de Caussade
"I am disgusted with the pettiness and futility of my unled self."
Frank Laubach
Frank Laubach