Your humility will be tested by the proud Your faith by the faithless Your compassion by the cruel Your hope by those who despair. Inspired by the writings of St. Catherine of Siena
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The Way of Resurrection
Being In nature . God He did not consider . Equality With God . A greatness To grasp . But chose To be a slave . Serving All human beings . And humbled By obedience . He came To a cross . Of others’ Devising . Discovering Death . And the way Of resurrection. . … Continue reading The Way of Resurrection
Like a Dove
~ Fired with desire by humility refusing to exult in the world ~ Tormenting himself in seclusion with groanings for God ~ Hungry, thirsty, afflicted with weeping ~ In the wood he cried for his Lord and cooed like a dove in his praise. ~ Inspired by 'The Little Flowers of St. Francis' ~
A Cosmic Humility
~ Not knowing Is a deeper kind ~ Of knowing A cosmic humility ~ That leads us through experience To divinity. ~ Inspired by Richard Rohr: ""It seems that God is asking humanity to live inside of a cosmic humility...not knowing and often not even needing to know is a deeper way of knowing and … Continue reading A Cosmic Humility
Only by Humility
~ I looked and I saw the deceptions of the world ~ And the evil that stalks abroad ~ And I cried out loud "Who can be saved?" ~ And another voice Was heard echoing ~ "Only By humility." ~
Have All Things By Love
. The poor In spirit . Are rich In God . The world Belongs . To such As these . Who possess All things . By Non-possession . And have All things . By Love. .
Transcending My Humanity
. The greatest honour For one so great . To stoop And know . And love A soul like me . In all humility It is a mystery . Transcending My humanity . Transforming All divinity. . Image by Pexels from Pixabay
The Rule of St. Benedict – Prologue (6) – The wisdom of humility
In his wonderful poem sequence Four Quartets, T.S.Eliot wrote: “The only wisdom we can hope to acquireIs the wisdom of humility: humility is endless.” Humility - being of the earth and recognising our common humanity with others - is not always seen as a popular strength. Sometimes it's even confused with weakness. It's not the same as … Continue reading The Rule of St. Benedict – Prologue (6) – The wisdom of humility
Sacred Spaces
. Our way Is the same . Emptying In humility . Daring To create . Those sacred spaces For God . In a life devoted To prayer. . Image by Ricardo Gatica from Pixabay
We Speak of Beyond
. We speak Of the realm . Of beyond Of transcendence . Of mystery So all words . Are approximations Analogy . To what must remain Forever holy . And silence Must often be . Our gesture Of humility. . Image by Arihl_va from Pixabay
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