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October 28, 2009


This week we turn to God with a prayer for Staying Spiritually Centered.

We hope this prayer and related readings will enliven your spirit and enrich your unfolding journey of faith.

May God's peace be with you~


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Staying Spiritually Centered
 

Living Spiritually



Help me know, O God, that you are still present with me, even in my distractions and interruptions. But also help me savor those spiritually centered moments so much that I will make room in my life for more of them. When I am impatient because I can't see, touch, hear, or feel you, let your love seep surely into me until my heart turns back to you in surprise and delight.

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Pentecost Calendar

In order to find myself, I must go out of myself.

—Thomas Merton

from Practicing Holiness on Ordinary Days: 
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for the season of Pentecost-




Healing Words by Caren Goldman
Healing Words: STRENGTH

I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.
—Anna Freud

Of course, not all of us dig ourselves into holes and despair. Sometimes we fall in because of accidents, illnesses, or uncontrollable circumstances. But no matter how we got in, we must begin to heal the wounds to our bodies, psyches, or souls to get out.

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