A word from us...
The Living Spirit - February 17th
“When people love each other, they are content with very little. When we have light and joy in our hearts, we don't need material wealth. The most loving communities are often the poorest. If our own life is luxurious and wasteful, we can't approach poor people. If we love people, we want to identify with them and share with them.”
Jean Vanier, Community And Growth
From Romans 13:
"Owe no one anything, except to love one another: for the one who loves another fulfils the law. For the commandments, "You must not commit adultery; you must not murder; you must not steal; you must not covet," and every other commandment are summed up in this word: "You must love your neighbour as yourself. Love does no wrong to a neighbour, therefore love is the fulfilling of the law."
“When people love each other, they are content with very little. When we have light and joy in our hearts, we don't need material wealth. The most loving communities are often the poorest. If our own life is luxurious and wasteful, we can't approach poor people. If we love people, we want to identify with them and share with them.”
Jean Vanier, Community And Growth
From Romans 13:
"Owe no one anything, except to love one another: for the one who loves another fulfils the law. For the commandments, "You must not commit adultery; you must not murder; you must not steal; you must not covet," and every other commandment are summed up in this word: "You must love your neighbour as yourself. Love does no wrong to a neighbour, therefore love is the fulfilling of the law."
The Living Spirit - February 10th
The first step toward finding God, Who is Truth, is to discover the truth about myself: and if I have been in error, this first step to truth is the discovery of my error.
Thomas Merton
The first step toward finding God, Who is Truth, is to discover the truth about myself: and if I have been in error, this first step to truth is the discovery of my error.
Thomas Merton
The Living Spirit - February 3rd
“You are the salt of the earth”…. The salt of our earth comes in fine silver salt-cellars for seasoning our food; but it also comes in bins at the roadside, for the thawing of snow and ice. We are called to awaken in those around us the appetite for God, and to melt away the barriers that hold them back.
Margaret Silf
From Matthew 5:
"Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. You are the light of the world.
A city set on a hill cannot be hidden,
nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lamp stand and it gives light to all in the house.
Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works and glorify you Father
who is in heaven."
“You are the salt of the earth”…. The salt of our earth comes in fine silver salt-cellars for seasoning our food; but it also comes in bins at the roadside, for the thawing of snow and ice. We are called to awaken in those around us the appetite for God, and to melt away the barriers that hold them back.
Margaret Silf
From Matthew 5:
"Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. You are the light of the world.
A city set on a hill cannot be hidden,
nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lamp stand and it gives light to all in the house.
Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works and glorify you Father
who is in heaven."
The Living Spirit - January 27th
Speaking to the little Prince about love and life, the Fox says: and now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint Exupery, “The Little Prince”
From Hebrews 11:
"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible."
From the Gospel of John 3:
"For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to
save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God's one and only Son."
Speaking to the little Prince about love and life, the Fox says: and now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint Exupery, “The Little Prince”
From Hebrews 11:
"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible."
From the Gospel of John 3:
"For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to
save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God's one and only Son."