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, October 26, 2013

The Pharisee & The Publican: A Lesson For Our Times

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Idiomela from the Triodion   Mode 1   Brethren, let us not offer prayer as did the Pharisee,  for he who exalts himself will b...
Monday, October 21, 2013

Feast of St. Gaspar del Bufalo, Founder of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood

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Almighty and merciful God, who gave us an ardent witness of love for your divinity and for our neighbor in  Saint Gaspar del Bufa...
Sunday, October 20, 2013

Perseverance In Prayer

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The parable of the persistent widow (Luke 18:1-8) suggests some qualities that can enliven our prayer: things such as perseverance, loyal...
Tuesday, October 15, 2013

St. Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)

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" It seems very easy to say that we will surrender our will to someone, until we try it and realize that it is the hardest thing we ...
Sunday, October 13, 2013

Faith: Response To the Impossible

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Put yourself into the situation described in the first reading from Jeremiah (29:1; 4-7). You’re among a people who’ve been thrown out...
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Sunday, October 6, 2013

Growing Up In Faith

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The question which seems literally to jump out at us from today’s Scriptures is: what do the words “believe”, “trust”, “have faith” real...
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Sunday, September 29, 2013

Rich Man/Poor Man

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With the impending possibility of the nation’s finances and government grinding to a halt this week because of the willful intransigen...
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Retired Episcopal parish priest and Regional Missioner; professed Oblate of the Order of Julian of Norwich
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