THEME The Complexities of Spirituality
THOUGHTS FOR REFLECTION
Instead of concentrating on what we think is wrong with other world religions, our time could be spent more profitably on identifying what we have in common.
May awareness be my companion, love my friend and amazement my expectation.
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Whatever our beliefs may be or holiday meals that we celebrate, I hope that these “transfaith” blessings may help to nurture focus and gratitude.
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More and more and then some more
is nothing more than more.
More is rarely better.
More is simply more.
Resources for the thanksgiving for the birth of a child or for the sacrament of the baptism of infants.
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Pastor: Following the tradition of Jesus, who welcomed children into his community, we celebrate the presence of children within this community of faith and offer them the sacrament of baptism.
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I walk along the wooded path
that leads to a sacred spot
flooded with the past,
drenched in the present,
and spilling over into the future.
THEME Two Faces of the One God –the One Life Force
THOUGHTS FOR REFLECTION
1. Darkness is the womb of the light, nothingness the womb of all things.
For the darkness of waiting
Of not knowing what is to come
Of staying ready and quiet and attentive,
We praise you, o God.
If the shadow
is not seen
when the light
is shining
half of what is shown
goes missing.
The worshipers welcomed the stranger.
Then hatred wearing a racist robe
tore through the house of God.
THEME The path to destruction and the path to new life.
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The unthankful get the misery which they have brought upon themselves
Nothing liberates the human mind as much as a thankful spirit.
Oh, Source of All Gratitude, help us to be Thankful when we are tested to our limits
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Love, care, lend, do good;
Only with our closest friends
As they will for us.
1. Imagination is the midwife of compassion.
2. Compassion belongs more to the gut than to the heart or the head.
3. Compassion is sharing the passion of the other as well as walking in their shoes.
God is the love that feeds my soul;
God is the love that makes me whole;
God is the love that flows from me;
God is the love that sets me free.
Our senses and our use of them are part of God’s creation.
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