John O’Donohue
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Days 140-141 For Solitude
For Solitude By John O’Donohue May you recognize in your life the presence, power, and light of your soul. May you realize that you are never alone, that your soul in its brightness and belonging connects you intimately… Continue reading
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Days 91-92 Follow that Road
(Part III in a Series on Hospitality; Hospitality for Ourselves) Where is that road that leads us back home, back in time to the days of ease? I long to find it, yet, too often my feelings, like unwanted guests… Continue reading
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Days 69-70 – Real Intimacy
Love invites us to take the risks involved in true intimacy. In fact, it is only through this commitment to intimacy that we may know Love. Continue reading
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Days 38-40 -Sacred Journeys
When you carry Love to your encounters, God’s light will illuminate those you meet, whether they choose to receive it or not. For God’s light does not judge. God’s light does not demand that it be received. God’s light is… Continue reading
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Day 15-16 Inner Landscape
“Our bodies are mere outlines of a vast and complex interior world, a landscape of contradiction and immense mystery.”~ Krista Tippett Recently, a friend shared John Cage's mesmerizing piano piece ''In a landscape''. It reminded me of John O'Donohue’s… Continue reading
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Days 10-12 – The Beauty of Our True Identity
Our worldly identity arises through our personality and the pathway we take across this earth. Naturally, our quotidian existence shapes who we and others think we are. Continue reading
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Days 8 & 9 Healing Within
Internet image The light of divine love longs to shine through every beingopen your heart and welcome that presenceto rise like the sun within you ~Anon Healing is restorative in nature and the body’s ability to heal is… Continue reading
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Days 364-365 – Walking Graciously Through Life
Language binds us – and can drive us apart. Language, through poetry and fine prose, can elevate us to transcendent experiences of beauty. Language between lovers can lift relationships to other-worldly states. Language can help heal the sick. Language can… Continue reading
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Days 361-363 – Beauty: The Unfilled Gap
It’s so hard to wait for God when despair lies heavy. It is so difficult to know that on the other side of the unfilled gap lies Beauty. Continue reading
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Days 357-358 – Beauty’s Eve
"A beautiful thing, though simple in its immediate presence, always gives us a sense of depth below depth, almost an innocent wild vertigo as one falls through its levels." Frederick Turner I awoke around midnight to the magic sound of… Continue reading
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