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’)

Friday, August 19, 2011

Blessed Guerric of Igny (c. 1070-1157)

Guerric of Igny was born between 1070 and 1080 in Tournai, Belgium, and died in 1157. He was a Cistercian monk, abbot of Igny, and an influe...

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Brother Roger of Taizé: Apostle of Reconciliation

Today is the sixth anniversary of the death of Brother Roger Schutz of Taizé. Brother Roger was stabbed to death during the evening prayer...

Monday, August 15, 2011

The Dormition of Mary: A Responsary & Alleluia, by Hildegard of Bingen

Sweet branch From the stock of Jesse, How magnificent That God saw the girl's beauty, Like an eagle, Fixing its eye on the sun: When t...

Sunday, August 14, 2011

"Help Me!"

When I preached on today’s Gospel passage from Matthew (15:10-28) three years ago, I began with part of a quotation from Deirdre J. Good,...

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Lady Poverty

If any woman in history merited the title of "Lady Poverty", it would be Chiara Offreduccio. She must've been an extraordinary...

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

"The Treasures of the Church"

If you and I had been living in Rome when Valerian was Emperor in the 3rd century, especially if we'd been in the upper tax bracket, lif...

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

John Mason Neale (1818-1866)

Blessed John Mason Neale packed a lot of living into less than 50 years of life! A priest, scholar, poet, translator, compiler, hymnodist, h...

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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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