Prayer should be brief and pure, unless it happen to be lengthened by an impulse or inspiration of divine grace.
- Rule of Benedict
Quoted in Essential Monastic Wisdom, by Hugh Feiss
Friday, August 24, 2007
Thursday, August 09, 2007
A Magnificent Story of A Broken Hallelujah
Someday I will stand before
the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue
but this broken Hallelujah
And it will have to be enough
because it is all I have
Please see this Film if you can.
Saint Ralph's Spiritual Advisor and Running Coach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7AgO8VxEdo
"You know Father Superior, when it comes to anarchy, Nietzsche really had nothing on Christ."
Father Hibbert
"You know Father Superior, when it comes to anarchy, Nietzsche really had nothing on Christ."
Father Hibbert
Monday, August 06, 2007
Solutions to some of life's most difficult problems.
1. If you are choking on an ice cube simply pour a cup of boilingwater down your throat. Presto! The blockage will instantly remove itself. Then call the doctor.
2. Avoid cutting yourself slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold while you chop.
3. Avoid arguments with the Mrs. about lifting the toilet seat by using the sink.
4. For high blood pressure sufferers: simply cut yourself and bleed for a few minutes, thus reducing the pressure in your veins. Remember to use a timer.
5. A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
6. If you have a bad cough, take a large dose of laxatives, then you will be afraid to cough.
7. You only need two tools in life - WD-40 an d Duct Tape. If it doesn't move and should, use the WD-40. If it shouldn't move and does, use the duct tape.
8. Remember: Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.
Daily Thought: SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE SLINKIES. NOT REALLY GOOD FOR ANYTHING BUT THEY BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE WHEN PUSHED DOWN THE STAIRS
2. Avoid cutting yourself slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold while you chop.
3. Avoid arguments with the Mrs. about lifting the toilet seat by using the sink.
4. For high blood pressure sufferers: simply cut yourself and bleed for a few minutes, thus reducing the pressure in your veins. Remember to use a timer.
5. A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
6. If you have a bad cough, take a large dose of laxatives, then you will be afraid to cough.
7. You only need two tools in life - WD-40 an d Duct Tape. If it doesn't move and should, use the WD-40. If it shouldn't move and does, use the duct tape.
8. Remember: Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.
Daily Thought: SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE SLINKIES. NOT REALLY GOOD FOR ANYTHING BUT THEY BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE WHEN PUSHED DOWN THE STAIRS
Christians commemorate the Transfiguration on August 6.
Matthew 17
The Transfiguration 1After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. 3Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus.
5While he was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!"
The Transfiguration 1After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. 3Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus.
5While he was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!"Bruce Springsteen
Bruce's Devils & Dust CD is chock full of songs about hope, love, and redemption, as well as tales of sin, brokenness, and confession. The album's spiritual highlight is "Jesus Was an Only Son," which poignantly captures the bond between Mother and Child:
As he walked up Calvary Hill /
His mother walking beside him /
In the path where his blood spilled /
Jesus was an only son /
In the hills of Nazareth /
As he lay reading the Psalms of David /
At his mother's feet …
Well, Jesus kissed his mother's hands /
Whispered, "Mother, still your tears" /
For remember the soul of the universe /
Willed a world and it appeared. (I like that, don't you?)
Springsteen told The New York Times that although he's "not a churchgoer," his music is "filled with Catholic imagery … a powerful world of potent imagery that became alive and vital and vibrant. … As I got older, I got less defensive about it. I thought, I've inherited this particular landscape, and I can build it into something of my own."
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/august/8.59.html
As he walked up Calvary Hill /
His mother walking beside him /
In the path where his blood spilled /
Jesus was an only son /
In the hills of Nazareth /
As he lay reading the Psalms of David /
At his mother's feet …
Well, Jesus kissed his mother's hands /
Whispered, "Mother, still your tears" /
For remember the soul of the universe /
Willed a world and it appeared. (I like that, don't you?)
Springsteen told The New York Times that although he's "not a churchgoer," his music is "filled with Catholic imagery … a powerful world of potent imagery that became alive and vital and vibrant. … As I got older, I got less defensive about it. I thought, I've inherited this particular landscape, and I can build it into something of my own."
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/august/8.59.html
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