There is something magical about being somewhere for a period of time. A long enough period of time to be able to know things about where you are. I once had a job in my biology teacher’s lab. I measured seaweed. A certain kind of seaweed. He was studying the effect on its growth by the warm waters being evacuated from the nuclear power plant on the coast. And as the summer drew along, with only the company of the classical...
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May all that is unforgiven in you Be released. May your fears yield Their deepest tranquilities. May all that is unlived in you Blossom into a future Graced with love. (John O’Donohue)
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When the soul has arrived at true life, and all her actions are referred to the glory of God, she feels herself suddenly stirred by a desire to see what her Spouse is like, asking who and what is he who has become man for her sake? He who has died to save her, and has given himself to her? This Jesus, who on leaving the Earth has left her his sacraments and promised her his Kingdom; this Jesus, ever ready to provide for the needs of...
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Earth Mother receive in your great bounty all the blood that has poured over me, the sorrow that has mired me down. Let me be free, so flowers and trees may sprout from me to the heavens, so birds may come and perch on my wings and sing their eternal song of gratitude. Dear Earth Mother, may your bounty feed the downtrodden, may you comfort each knee and forehead pressed into your layers, may la Virgen de Guadalupe’s roses...
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St. John’s-Grace Episcopal Church 51 Colonial Circle Buffalo, New York 14222 716 885-1112 Healing Services St. John’s-Grace provides on going opportunities to attend religious services for anyone who feels a need for healing in body, mind or spirit. At each weekly Sunday morning service (8:30 and 10:30) anointing and laying on of hands is offered at a side station or at the communion rail during the service for any who feel a need for...
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