God of justice and love, strengthen our minds and hearts to believe in ourselves and to love you more dearly. Remind us that in caring for your people we come to know you more deeply. Provide us with the courage to seek good for all members of our community, our nation, our world. May we walk humbly in this journey of following your Son’s path of reaching out to those most in need, and walking with them in righting the wrongs of...
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Almighty and eternal God, may your grace enkindle in all of us a love for the many unfortunate people whom poverty and misery reduce to a condition of life unworthy of human beings. Arouse in the hearts of those who call you Father a hunger and thirst for social justice and for fraternal charity in deeds and in truth. Grant, O Lord, peace in our days, peace to souls, peace to families, peace to our country, and peace among nations....
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Observations 1. Trout seem to learn that danger Is associated with artificial flies; Perhaps it is the hook in them. 2. I once saw a frog attacked And turned over by my dog And it lay quite still on its back. I am positive it made quite A separate movement to put Its front feet over its ears. Why did it? Experiments 1. Catch butterflies and clip Their wings with scissors. Do your observations Outside, where butterflies are numerous....
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To pray you open your whole self To sky, to earth, to sun, to moon To one whole voice that is you. And know there is more That you can’t see, can’t hear; Can’t know except in moments Steadily growing, and in languages That aren’t always sound but other Circles of motion. Like eagle that Sunday morning Over Salt River. Circled in blue sky In wind, swept our hearts clean With sacred wings. We see you, see ourselves and know That we must...
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Crow realized God loved him— Otherwise, he would have dropped dead. So that was proved. Crow reclined, marveling, on his heart-beat. And he realized that God spoke Crow— Just exiting was His revelation. But what Loved the stones and spoke stone? They seemed to exist too. And what spoke that strange silence After his clamor of caws faded? And what loved the shot-pellets That dribbled from those strung-up mummifying crows? What spoke...
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