"Give us faith that the unfolding of your love each day is the goal of the journey". Tess Ward
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Lord, Thou art my island; in Thy bosom I rest. Thou art the calm of the sea; in that peace I stay. Thou art the deep waves of the shining ocean. With their eternal sound I sing. Thou art the song of the birds; in that tune is my joy. Thou art the smooth white strand of the shore; in Thee is no gloom. Thou art the breaking of the waves on the rock; Thy praise is echoed in the swell. Thou art the Lord of my life.  I beseech you, merciful God, to allow me to drink from the stream that flows from your fountain of life. May I taste the sweet beauty of its waters, which spring from the very depths of your truth. O Lord, you are that fountain from which I desire with all my heart to drink. Give me, Lord Jesus, this water that it may quench the burning spiritual thirst within my soul, and purify me from all sin. I know, King of Glory, that I am asking from you a great gift, but you give to your faithful people without counting the cost, and you promise even greater things in the future. Indeed, nothing is greater than yourself, and you have given yourself to mankind on the cross. Therefore, in praying for the waters of life, I am praying that you, the source of those waters, will give yourself to me. You are my light, my salvation, my food, my drink, my God. (photo: Leg Columban, Graubünden)  "Lovesmith divine, may your fiery love purify my life with your compassion as I set out this day. Purify my deeds that I might act for more than myself, purify my words that I might speak with integrity; purify my heart that I might know your presence more; purify my perceptions that I might distinguish between the impurity of self-centredness and the dirt-honest job of being true to myself. Smithy my soul in the Workshop of this world that when I pass through the fire I will not be burned, but tempered to forge a way more loving, by your transformation at work in me this day." (Tess Ward)  "Blessed be you, Innermost God, outside, in the wide open wilderness with no walls." (Tess Ward)  "I make the encircling of the crafts about me this spring day: delight of poetry, majesty of music, variety of art, vision of seership, compasison of healing, peace of prayer, spirit of druidry, inquiry of science, transformation of alchemy. Nine crafts about me, perfection of skill encompass my soul this day." (Caitlin Matthews)  |
VariousThis blog is simply a selection of quotes, some long some short, from various spiritual authors. Our Journal "In Hoc Signo Vinces" may be found on the Holy Cross Benedictines page. Archives
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