Tag: compassion
Reach back
At times in all our lives for reasons perhaps not known, someone will approach us afraid, vulnerable, their guard let down perhaps for the first time, or after many tries but courage lacking, reaches out seeking something, when that happens, reach back for it allowing ourselves to be loved and simply being present we become… Read More ›
He lives only for others
Someone who takes pity and lends, who is disposed to be compassionate, quick to render assistance, who believes that there is more happiness in giving than in receiving, who easily forgives but is not easily angered, who will never seek to be avenged, and will in all things take thought for his neighbor’s needs as… Read More ›
Mercy beyond all telling
Upon the cross as he hung in pain, between two thieves, one who mocked the other more humble, his body racked with pain unimaginable, betrayed by his apostles, who like cowards fled. One betraying, another denying, the others hidden in fear, something really not so hard to understand, for the heart of man is divided,… Read More ›
A different story about St. Nicholas
The true story of Santa Claus begins with Nicholas, who was born during the third century in the village of Patara. At the time the area was Greek and is now on the southern coast of Turkey. His wealthy parents, who raised him to be a devout Christian, died in an epidemic while Nicholas was still… Read More ›
Laughter
I pretty much find humor everywhere, people, events, politics, faith; all have their humorous side for there is much that can be laughed about, not in cruelty, though humor can be used for that, or in mockery. Yet for the most part, I believe humor has at its root in compassion, for we tease, joke,… Read More ›
The difference (Loneliness and isolation)
Loneliness is an experience that the vast majority of people go through; perhaps all but there is no way of knowing that. There are people who experience aloneness all of their lives, but who are not necessarily isolated. Those who have faith, who seek to deepen their understanding of what their tradition tells them, have… Read More ›
Not for spectators
a process most of us will go through I just saw a clip on the internet that deals with how some atheist look at death and the afterlife. Of course they all said that they did not fear death. In fact in our day it seems to be in vogue with just about everyone. People… Read More ›
Complain!
God does not frown on your complaint. Did not His Mother in the Temple ask: “Son! Why hast thou done so to us?” And did not Christ on the Cross complain: “My God! Why hast Thou abandoned Me?” If the Son asked the Father, And the Mother the Son – “Why?” Why should not you?… Read More ›
The Seed of Solitude
Keep your eyes clean and your ears quiet and your mind serene. Breathe God’s air. Work, if you can, under His sky. But if you have to live in a city and work among machines and ride in the subways and eat in a place where the radio makes you deaf with spurious news and… Read More ›
The quality of Mercy
When speaking about mercy there can be turns in the road, or forks even, were different aspects can be pondered. Like many other topics on the spiritual life, different facets can be dwelt upon, to the exclusion of others. Sometimes the best way to try to understand mercy, both human and Divine (though the mystery… Read More ›