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Monthly Archives: April 2008
Serenity Prayer
God, grant me The serenity to accept the things I cannot change; The courage to change the things I can; The wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardship … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, care, christianity, counseling, prayer
Tagged prayer, serenity
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On Contemplation
“The life of contemplation… is the life of the Holy Spirit in our inmost souls. The whole duty of contemplation is to abandon what is base and trivial in (your) own life, and do all (you) can to conform… to … Continue reading
Posted in discipleship, spiritual direction
Tagged Christiantiy, contemplation, life of the Spirit, obedience, prayer
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Costly Grace vs. Cheap Grace
excerpts from The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. This is one of the most profound statements to represent Christian faith ever written. Bonhoeffer, in the end, paid the “cost” of discipleship with his own life, in the hands of … Continue reading
Posted in christianity, discipleship, Jesus Christ, passion, purpose, sacrfice, servanthood
Tagged Bonhoeffer, cheap grace, costly discipleship, costly grace, gospel, grace, sacrifice
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On Death and Dying
I was in the office today when I got an overseas call from a friend. He asked me if I had read the e-group bulletin of our highschool class. I said ‘No, the internet connection here in the office is … Continue reading
Moving Toward an Inter-generational Family Spirituality
“Oh, may all who come behind us find us faithful May the fire of our devotion light their way May the footprints that we leave Lead them to believe And the lives we live inspire them to obey Oh may … Continue reading
Eucharistic Liturgy
Father of all, we give you thanks and praise that when we were still afar off you met us in your Son, and brought us home. Dying and living, he declared your live, gave us grace, and opened the gate … Continue reading
Posted in hunger, Jesus Christ, prayer, resurrection, servanthood
Tagged eucharistic liturgy, post-communion, prayer
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