The only trouble is that in spiritual life there are no tricks and no short cuts. Those who imagine that they can discover special gimmicks and put them to work for themselves usually ignore God’s will and his grace. They are self-confident and even self-complacent. …Those who think they “know” from the beginning will never, [...]
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Daily Reflection from Thomas Merton
This was the Daily Reflection from the writings of Thomas Merton yesterday.
It was an important thought for me:
Let my trust be in Your mercy, not in myself. Let my hope be in Your love, not in health, or strength, or ability or human resources.
If I trust You, everything else will become, for me, strength, health, [...]
Mustard Seeds
Today’s Gospel in the Daily Office is Mark 4:21-34.
Within that passage is this parable:
“With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable will we use for it? It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth; yet when it is [...]
Baptizing Eunuchs
The second lesson in Morning Prayer this morning was Acts 8:26-40. Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch.
It is one of those passages of scripture that remind me that we are part of an amazing family story.
We speak of things around our kitchen table (the communion table) that many families would never dare touch. Men with their [...]
Abram and Sarai
I read Morning Prayer today from Mission St. Clare, but was not moved by the scripture readings.
At least, I was not moved enough to share them. The reading from Samuel had folks looking for donkeys and holy men. The reading from Acts was part of a sermon of an apostle. The Gospel was a confusing [...]
Gamaliel speaks
The second lesson in today’s Daily Office is Acts 5:27-42
I was especially taken by verses 38-39:
So in the present case, I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone; because if this plan or this undertaking is of human origin, it will fail; but if it is of God, you will not [...]