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St Benedicts Day
Happy Saint Benedicts Day , I say As my friend and I meet at a little cafe. First, we talk of children and chores, little summer trips to other shores. Then ,we moan of the bores and whores And all the tales of unjust wars. At last , we trade each others prayers that likeminded…
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Blades
BLADES Lil brother blade of grass We grow side by side. But you oh blade stay rooted and rested . And i oh blade , stray , roam and resist. How can it be God made us both . I look at you and I envy your obedience. You are too busy growing obediently to…
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Lukewarm
How do you feel about cold weather? How do you feel about cold weather? # Daily Prompt 5/23/23 I feel lukewarm about cold weather. Maybe ,because I’m 3rd generation Floridian. When it’s 100 we dive in springs to feel cold weather. But I do think we need more cold weather down yonder here . Yep.…
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Letters from the Monastary: Friends
Reflection of Learning Lexio Divina in the Monastary of the Holy Spirit Conyers Georgia. LectioDivina is the most ancient Christian prayer. This prayer actively Invites God into His Word to transform the soul of the reader. The prayer engages the soul in a progressive union with a present call of God. The progression of Lectio…
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CPR
WORD PRESS. DAILY PROMPTHave you ever broken a bone? Yep, Broken ribs given to patient after CPR . And here is the Conversation of a jaded nurse whose patient complains of broken rib pain. Im sorry sir , i know it hurts It’s really not broken , its only a fracture But , your heart…
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Wasted in the Wilderness
A TRIP before EASTER> > > >LENT………. And Jesus, FULL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT returned from th Jordan and was led by the SPIRIT in the wilderness Luke 4:1 “He split rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.” Psalms 78:15 ESV I think I will, I will drink I…
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UNPLUG ( as in heaven)
I put the phone in a drawer for a day . So to put myself far away To be lone ,. But not alone Little tappings from the heavens came not like rain nor sun ray But timeless texts from Friends of yesterday I thought I traveled far away …
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UNPLUG ( on earth as..)
Folks talk about “unplugging” . So one day I left my phone at home, and walked away from my computer. By afternoon , I ran into an old friend and asked “What do folks mean by Unplugging?”. “Oh silly lady, you know , get rid of these distractions” he said tossing a phone across the…
vunglaub
Glimpsing Grace through practices of the rule of St. Benedict and the Cistercian charisms . This site is personal pondering of what it means to be fully human and yet only children in relationship to God. “Beloved, we are God’s children now and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when He appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as He is . “ 1 John 3:2