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Love Joy Peace
That’s what I want in life. Yep, that’s about it. And those are fruits of the Spirit… So I guess I want the Spirit. There you have it…
Blessed are the pure in heart
“Who is pure in heart? Only those who have surrendered their hearts completely to Jesus that he may reign in them alone. Only those whose hearts are undefiled by their own evil – and by their own virtues too. The pure in heart have a child-like simplicity like Adam before the fall, innocent alike of [...]
When a man really gives up trying…
“When a man really gives up trying to make something out of himself – a saint, or a converted sinner, or a churchman (a so-called clerical somebody), a righteous or unrighteous man,…when in fullness of tasks, questions, success or ill-hap, experiences and perplexities, a man throws himself into the arms of God…then he wakes with [...]
This month, I’m reading:
Freedom of Simplicity – Richard Foster Spiritual Direction and Meditation – Thomas Merton Prayer – Richard Foster Contemplative Prayer – Thomas Merton Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing – Sören Kierkegaard Cost of Discipleship – Dietrich Bonhoeffer The Confessions of St. Augustine And listening to The Innocence Mission
We are all poor…
…in the eyes of our Lord. So said Saint Francis of Asissi in “Brother Sun, Sister Moon”


