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Prayer – the essence of living
In speaking of prayer I often distinguish between a “life of prayer” and a “prayer life.” It seems much of our life today is compartmentalized depending on what we are doing, where we are, who we are with. So we can speak of our family life, our work life, our personal life. This fragmented attitude leads…
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With Every Breath
If you really wish to achieve spiritual stillness and to guard your heart successfully, then let the prayer “Lord Jesus, have mercy on me” become one with your breathing, and in a few days you will see how it can all be acheived. – Hesychios
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Yeh hum naheen – this is not us
“Yeh hum naheen” means “this is not us.” The song is a statement that the violence of terrorism is not Islam. Terrorism and violence are not simply Islamic issues. They are issues of humanity. So maybe we should see the video and hear the words as a reminder that any violence is not us, regardless…
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The Feast of the Holy Name of our Lord Jesus Christ
For most of the world January 1st is New Year’s Day—the beginning of a new year, a day of football, resolutions, and black-eyed peas. For the church, however, January 1st is the Feast of the Holy Name. More often than not this feast goes unnoticed, uncelebrated, lost in the new year. And it is a…
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Incarnation
“O inexpressible mystery and unheard paradox: the Invisible is seen, the Intangible is touched , the eternal Word becomes accessible to our speech, the Timeless steps into time, the Son of God becomes the Son of Man.” — Saint Gregory of Nyssa
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Interrupting the Silence 