Had an incredible experience this morning ... As I drove west toward the church in the early morning hours, the magnificent full moon was setting behind the Tucson Mountains, just to the left of Sombrero Peak. Instantly, the once great Cat Stevens' [born Steven Demetre Georgiou and now Yusuf Islam] wonderful song Moonshadow erupted in my mind. Haven't thought about it for 40 years or so. For your pleasure, here is Moonshadow ...
Friday, February 18, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
No Man is an Island
I just finished reading Thomas Merton's No Man is an Island. I found it to be a revealing book that encouraged me to look to the depths of my soul.
"There must be a time of day when the man of prayer goes to pray as if it were the first time in his life he had ever prayed ...
"Life is not to be regarded as an uninterrupted flow of words which is finally silenced by death. Its rhythm develops in silence, comes to the surface in moments of necessary expression, returns to deeper silence, culminates in a final declaration, then ascends quietly into the silence of Heaven which resounds with unending praise."
Thomas Merton
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