Oblate Program at Belmont Abbey, NC

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Dementia (their world is real to them)(0)

May 20, 2013

  Dementia Their world is real to them The time is here, something dreaded in point of fact, he is entering a phrase wherein he will become very confused, paranoid, combative and  filled with deep fear, anger and rage, then, the caregiver has to help as best as can be done, a war of sorts, [...]

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New eyes awaken

I send Love’s name into the world with wings And songs grow up around me like a jungle. Choirs of all creatures sing the tunes Your Spirit played in Eden. Zebras and antelopes and birds of paradise Shine on the face of the abyss And I am drunk with the great wilderness Of the sixth [...]

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Just one look

It was early morning when the day still fresh, the air cool and hope was in the air, before fatigue could set in or disappointment change the days youthful texture, that is when I saw him, sitting peacefully, he was old, in his seventies I would say, with a glorious beard golden in color suffused [...]

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What the soul desires

God is love, so the soul desires a return, seeking the union in ways often self defeating, desiring warmth and escape from loneliness as an end in itself, not understanding that love, true love deepens our sense of otherness, knowing that all that we see around us is limited and cannot filll a heart made [...]

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