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Something to think about from William Temple

“Worship is the submission of all our nature to God.
It is the quickening of the conscience by His holiness;
the nourishment of mind with His truth;
the purifying of the imagination by His beauty;
the opening of the heart to His love;
the surrender of will to His purpose –
and all of this gathered up in adoration,
the most selfless emotion of which our nature is capable,
and therefore the chief remedy of that self-centeredness
which is our original sin and the source of all actual sin.”
(William Temple, 1881 – 1944)

bluebirduncaged Something to think about, Things I'm learning

For you were called to freedom,…through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself" ~Galatians 5:13-14

So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience…Beyond all these things put on love which is the perfect bond of unity. ~Col. 3:12-14

Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellow man has fulfilled the law. The commandments…are summed up in this one rule. "Love your neighbor as yourself." Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. ~Romans 13:8-10

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Something to think about from Mother Teresa

We need to find God
and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness.

God is a friend of silence
See how nature–trees, flowers, grass–
grow in silence.
See the stars, the moon, the sun,
how they move in silence

Is not our mission
to give God to the poor?
Not a dead God, but a living, loving God.

The more we receive in silent prayer,
the more we can give in our active life.
We need silence
to be able to touch souls

The essential thing is
not what we say,
but what God says
to us and through us.

All our words will be useless
unless they come from within.
    Words
        which do not give the Light of Christ
        increase the darkness

~Mother Teresa of Calcutta