Moral fantasy
“Hence it becomes more and more difficult to estimate the morality of an act leading to war because it is more and more difficult to know precisely what is going on. Not only is war increasingly a matter for pure…
Thorn in the flesh
Tonight was the second consecutive Sunday that I’ve been at the compline at Abbey of the Genesee. I’ve been coming to the abbey for nearly 28 years now and with increasing frequency in the past two years. I first went…
Regime Change
Today I had the rare privelege of sharing the same space as a real American hero. I attended a campaign rally for New York State’s 29th District Candidate for the US Congress, Eric Massa. Accompanying Eric on the campaign trail…
Satyagraha
The following came from an email from Pace e Bene. Sept. 11, 2006 marks the 100-year anniversary of satyagraha, when Gandhi called on the Indians of South Africa to organize and nonviolently resist oppression. Satyagraha literally means “clinging to the…
Happiness
Happiness is not what makes us grateful. It is gratefulness that makes us happy.–David Steindl-Rast Count your blessings and make your blessings count! That’s an old adage and similar to this quote from Brother David Steidl-Rast. Often times as I…
My soul thirsts
I have had some obstacles in my life to overcome lately and it’s given me an opportunity to revisit some of my favorite scriptures. Scripture is full of wisdom and the words that have been in my heart and on…
Inner Peace
“Man has an instinctive need for harmony and peace, for tranquility, order and meaning. None of those seem to be the most salient characteristics of modern society. A book written in a monastery where the traditions and rites of a…
Gratitude
Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. It makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. –Melody Beattie I have been getting…
The gift of receiving
The happy heart gives away the best. To know how to receive is also a most important gift, which cultivates generosity in others and keeps strong the cycle of life.–Dhyani Ywahoo–Voices of Our Ancestors We have been taught that it…
Vision
Vision is not physical. It is a quality of the soul. People with vision hone in, laser-like, to the presence of God in life. They see the holy, bleeding, suffering, feuding world as God sees the world: as one and…