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’)

Monday, May 27, 2013

The Holy Trinity

Fr. John Julian, OJN sent me a copy of the sermon which he preached on Trinity Sunday. It's so rich in insight that I just had ...

Sunday, May 26, 2013

The Mystery of God

There’s a legend about a holy bishop walking along the seashore one day, trying to figure out the doctrine of the Holy Trinity. He came ...

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Getting Our Heart Around the Corner

Many years ago, when I was teaching in a Catholic high school in Oklahoma City, my co-teacher, Maxine Stank, had a wonderful 7 or 8 year...

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Love: The Irresistible Desire

The poet, Robert Frost, writes: " Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. " The biblical texts for this ...

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Love Is His Meaning

“ Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, ‘Lord, how is it that you will reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?’ Jesus answered him, ‘T...

Sunday, April 28, 2013

The Holy Spirit: Love Stronger Than Death

The Rev. John Shearman, of the United Church of Canada, has said: “ The history of the Christian Church from the very beginning is the s...

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Through Sorrow to Joy, By Way of the Ordinary

Given the events of this past week, in Boston and in Texas, today’s Scriptures couldn’t be more relevant! Let’s continue to pray for and ...

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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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