O Merciful and Just Watcher, you take your place in the divine council;
in the realm of conscience, You make yourself known.
You give due warning to those in power:
"How long will you rule with injustice and oppress the poor?
Act with integrity toward the weak and the unfortunate;
maintain the rights of the afflicted and the destitute.
Assist the needy and reverence all people's freedom;
deliver them from the hand of the oppressor."
Arise! Awaken to the new dawn!
Come into the Light, shed darkness like skin on the snake!
For the foundations of the cosmos are shaking with injustice.
I say, "Within you dwells the Beloved, the Breath of your breath;
Open your heart in the Silence and know the One in the many."
Arise! Join in the new creation!
Let harmony reign among all the nations!
from Psalms for Praying, Nan C Merrill
Etchings - tentative outlines from which to move as one learns to be more contemplative, to move into this pilgrimage of life and embrace the Mystery that asks us to live with unknowns and surprises.
Saturday, February 09, 2008
Ponderings from Richard Rohr
"We've got to know that what Jesus is talking about, first and foremost, is how do you enter into the real now. Jesus gives us real eyes to realize where the Real lies.".
Pg 39
"Remember this: There are always two worlds. The world as it operates is power; the world as it should be is love. The secret of Kingdom life is how can you live in both - simultaneaously. The world as it is will always be built on power, ego and success. Yet we also must keep our eyes intently on the world as it should be- what Jesus calls the Reign of God. Power apart from love leads to brutality; but love that does not engage with power is mere sentimentality. A lot of Christians today are still trapped in one or the other."
Pg 41
Quotes from Jesus' Plan for a New World, Richard Rohr.
Pg 39
"Remember this: There are always two worlds. The world as it operates is power; the world as it should be is love. The secret of Kingdom life is how can you live in both - simultaneaously. The world as it is will always be built on power, ego and success. Yet we also must keep our eyes intently on the world as it should be- what Jesus calls the Reign of God. Power apart from love leads to brutality; but love that does not engage with power is mere sentimentality. A lot of Christians today are still trapped in one or the other."
Pg 41
Quotes from Jesus' Plan for a New World, Richard Rohr.
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Create us anew O God...
Create us anew O God
Create us not novel but new
From the reminders of our dreams
Create a new hope O God
From the ashes of our failures
Create a new spirit O God
From the castoffs of our words
Create a new song O God
From the crutches of our lives
Create a new dance O God
From the leftovers of our loves
Create a new heart O God
From the pieces of our lives
Recreate us O God
Hover over our darkness and depths
Create us once again as on the first day of Creation.
Mary Jo Leddy
Create us not novel but new
From the reminders of our dreams
Create a new hope O God
From the ashes of our failures
Create a new spirit O God
From the castoffs of our words
Create a new song O God
From the crutches of our lives
Create a new dance O God
From the leftovers of our loves
Create a new heart O God
From the pieces of our lives
Recreate us O God
Hover over our darkness and depths
Create us once again as on the first day of Creation.
Mary Jo Leddy
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