A weekly curated collection of essays, poetry, and reflections for your spiritual journey. From The Wisdom Years.
May you arise each day with a voice of blessing whispering in your heart.
-John O’Donohue, “For Belonging,” To Bless the Space Between Us
A Lenten Fast to Live By
For what do you hunger? Can you even name it? Peace, yes, and freedom from fear. Safety for our children. A sense of spiritual well-being. And yet, our very daily practices undermine what we claim as our desires. Join the Wisdom Years community for a Lenten fast that invites us to lay down the old patterns and habits that deplete us and obstruct our full access to the divine image into which we were created.
Our study is from Feb 15 to March 21. We will meet weekly on Zoom for conversation, or you can use the material on you own.
From The Wisdom Years.
Vocation: The Call is Lifelong
Your vocation, your calling in life, what you are to be now, will come out of your greatest strength and your greatest need, says Brother Curtis Almquist in this reflection on vocation. “When we are younger,” says Bro. Almquist, “our vocation – our calling – is more about what we are to do. When we are older, our vocation – our calling – is more about what we are to be.”
Prayers for Election Season
Like Christmas decor at Walmart, the U.S. presidential election season arrives earlier and louder every time around, says Brian Morykon, director of communications for Renovare. Unlike Christmas, the election season—and politics in general—seems to many of us to have little redeeming value. To help us bring the presence of God into our lives in this election season, Renovare offers this prayer for the election season.
From Renovare.
Grieving as a Spiritual Exercise
Henri Nouwen once wrote, “The great challenge is living your wounds through instead of thinking them through.” The choice we face in grieving, says Fr. Ron Rolheiser, is whether we are taking our hurts to our head or to our heart. “You need to let your wounds go down into your heart. Then you can live them through and discover that they will not destroy you.”
Sanctuaries of Silence
No place on earth is silent any more, says acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton. And yet the silence of the natural world connects us back to the land in a way that nurtures and enchants us. Hempton says in silence he disappears.
Watch and listen to this peaceful video.
Found at Karmatube.
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