I work in a corporate culture where resistance to change is omnipresent. Incessant reading has led me to believe over the years that most folks don’t change because they’re comfortable doing what they’re doing. This old story illustrates that the myopia of that sort of thinking. Jalal ad-Din Rumi, a Persian poet and mystic once said, “Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.”
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St. Irenaeus
Thursday, June 28 was the feast of St. Irenaeus. Irenaeus has come to have a lot of meaning for me. I am a member of the Mt. Irenaeus community and regularly attend Mass there. I’m also a member of the St. Irenaeus Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order. This week I also came to realize … Read more
In the gap..
The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery; they have oppressed the poor and needy, and have extorted from the alien without redress. And I sought for anyone among them who would repair the wall and stand in the breach before me on behalf of the land, so that I would not … Read more
Peace is every step
I read the book, Peace is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh about 6 years ago. It was right after 9/11/2001. I remember how much I savored every word. This film sums up some of that sentiment.
You shall not oppress your neighbor..
Oppressing the poor in order to enrich oneself, and giving to the rich, will lead only to loss.– Proverbs 22:16-16 I live in a very small town where there is a high percentage of poor folks, yet fuel prices are higher here than in surrounding villages where there are somewhat higher incomes. It seems to … Read more
If you live to be a hundred..
I gave this to my wife once upon a time and she keeps it in her room at work where she can see it everyday. It expresses very much the way I feel about her. God really smiled on me the day she walked into my life. “If you live to be a hundred, I … Read more
Mountain moving faith
A couple of weeks ago I asked for prayers for a situation where a young co-worker was facing the loss of health insurance at a critical time in her life. That situation has been remedied and I’m sure that the prayers of the readers of this blog figured into that solution. Pax vobiscum.
When you reap your harvest..
Much is made these days of returning to our Judeo-Christian roots by ambitious politicians hoping to cash in on some religious sentiment or trying to drive a wedge between us. Here’s a quote that came in the mail from Sojourners today. How would you like to see public policy that actually represented these kinds of … Read more