The Good Heart

“A genuinely good heart is a heart that is open and alight with understanding. It listens to the sorrows of the world. Our society is wrong to think that happiness depends on fulfilling one's own wants and desires. That is why our society is so miserable...” (Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, Into the Heart of Life, Snow Lion: 2011, Chapter 9 ‘Practicing the good heart’)

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Costly Faith

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If there’s something we might think long and hard about this Lent, it’s the cost of being a disciple of Jesus. He knew the cost.  Mark wrot...
Thursday, March 5, 2009

Peace

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George Bernanos' book The Diary of a Country Priest describes a situation where the main character, a self-effacing but unappreciated pr...
Sunday, March 1, 2009

And So...Into the Desert

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The Gospel readings of the first and last Sundays after Epiphany and the first Sunday in Lent have a common feature: the testimony of the Ho...
Saturday, February 28, 2009

The Big Brother I Never Knew

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Robert Jerry Allagree was the oldest of my four brothers, actually half-brothers.  Today is the 30th anniversary of his death in 1979, at ag...
Friday, February 27, 2009

The Best Birthday Ever!

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I can't even remember how many years it has been since my 34 year old son celebrated a birthday with me.  We've just been miles apar...

The Dancer and the Saint: A Young Man in Love

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" It happens to everyone at least once. You discover inside yourself a surprising ability to be happy and to make others happy. You fal...

The Parson and Poet

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George Herbert's mother prayed that he would enter the ordained ministry of the Church of England.  His friends and supporters pooh-pooh...
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Harry Allagree
Retired Episcopal parish priest and Regional Missioner; professed Oblate of the Order of Julian of Norwich
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