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Heart--Shaped Cross
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posted March 31, 2009 08:19 PM
The Prayer of Saint Francis
Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
O, Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
The Serenity Prayer
GOD, grant me the
Serenity
to accept the things
I cannot change
Courage
to change the
things I can
and the
Wisdom
to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardship as the
pathway to peace.
Taking, as He did, this
sinful world as it is,
not as I would have it. Trusting that He will make
all things right if I
surrender to His Will; That I may be reasonably happy
in this life, and supremely
happy with Him forever in
the next. Amen by Reinhold Neibuhr
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posted March 31, 2009 08:32 PM
THE CANTICLE OF CREATION
(By Saint Francis of Assisi)
O Most High, all-powerful, good Lord God,
to you belong praise, glory,
honour and all blessing.
Be praised, my Lord, for all your creation
and especially for our Brother Sun,
who brings us the day and the light;
he is strong and shines magnificently.
O Lord, we think of you when we look at him.
Be praised, my Lord, for Sister Moon,
and for the stars
which you have set shining and lovely
in the heavens.
Be praised, my Lord,
for our Brothers Wind and Air
and every kind of weather
by which you, Lord,
uphold life in all your creatures.
Be praised, my Lord, for Sister Water,
who is very useful to us,
and humble and precious and pure.
Be praised, my Lord, for Brother Fire,
through whom you give us light in the darkness:
he is bright and lively and strong.
Be praised, my Lord,
for Sister Earth, our Mother,
who nourishes us and sustains us,
bringing forth
fruits and vegetables of many kinds
and flowers of many colours.
Be praised, my Lord,
for those who forgive for love of you;
and for those
who bear sickness and weakness
in peace and patience
- you will grant them a crown.
Be praised, my Lord, for our Sister Death,
whom we must all face.
I praise and bless you, Lord,
and I give thanks to you,
and I will serve you in all humility.
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What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world is immortal"~ - George Eliot IP: Logged |
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posted March 31, 2009 08:42 PM
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What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world is immortal"~ - George Eliot IP: Logged |
26taurus
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posted March 31, 2009 10:26 PM
what a cutie!  IP: Logged |
Heart--Shaped Cross
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posted March 31, 2009 10:36 PM
"Try to do something for your people -- something difficult. Have pity
on your people and love them. If a man is poor, help him. Give him and
his family food, give them whatever they ask for. If there is discord
among your people, intercede.
Take your sacred pipe and walk into their midst. Die if necessary in
your attempt to bring about reconciliation. Then, when order has been
restored and they see you lying dead on the ground, still holding in
your hand the sacred pipe, the symbol of peace and reconciliation,
then assuredly will they know that you have been a real chief."
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Heart--Shaped Cross
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posted March 31, 2009 11:04 PM
That's truly beautiful, juni.I like the part about the Sun best. Be praised, my Lord, for all your creation
and especially for our Brother Sun,
who brings us the day and the light;
he is strong and shines magnificently.
O Lord, we think of you when we look at him.
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posted March 31, 2009 11:43 PM
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posted April 01, 2009 12:12 AM
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Heart--Shaped Cross
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posted April 01, 2009 12:29 AM
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posted April 01, 2009 12:34 AM
"Let her who has not begun, think it over,
and her who has made a start, continue.
No opportunity must be given to the enemy,
no offering taken from the Christ."
~ St. Augustine
"Power comes to its full strength in weakness."
~ 2 Corinthians 12:9
"See how what is forbidden kings to enjoy is wholly denied to priests, and is known to be more dangerous than any food. And yet, so spiritual a man as St Benedict himself is compelled to allow it to monks as a sort of concession to the times in which he lived. 'Although', he says, 'we read that wine is no drink for monks, yet because nowadays monks cannot be persuaded of this, etc.' He had read, if I am not mistaken, these passages in Lives of The Saints."
~ Heloise to Abelard
The Letters of Direction
"There was once a celebration of the Mass on the Mount abba Antony, and a jar of wine was found there. One of the elders took a small vessel, carried a cupful to abba Sisoi and gave it to him. He drank once, and a second time he took it and drank, but when it was offered a third time he refused, saying, 'Peace, brother, do you not know that it is Satan?'"
~ Vitae Patrum
"On the question of meat: where, I ask you, has this ever been condemned by God or forbidden to monks? Look, pray, and mark how of necessity St Benedict modifies the Rule on this point too (though it is more dangerous for monks and he knew it was not for them), because in his day it was impossible to persuade monks to abstain from meat. I would like to see the same dispensation granted in our own times, with a similar modification regarding matters which fall between good and evil and are called indifferent, so that vows would not compel what cannot now be gained by persuation. If concession were made without scandal on neutral points, it would be enough to forbid only what is sinful... For things which do not prepare us for the Kingdom of God or commend us least to God call for no special attention. These are all outward works which are common to the damned and elect alike, as much to hypocrites as to the religious. For nothing so divides Jew from Christian as the distinction between outward and inner works, especially since between the children of God and those of the devil love alone distinguishes: what the Apostle calls the sum of the law and the object of what is commanded. And so he also disparages pride in works in order to set above it the righteousness of faith."
~ Heloise to Abelard
The Letters of Direction
"What room then is left for human pride?
It is excluded. And on what principle?
Of works? No, but through the principle of faith.
For our argument is that a man is justified by faith
without observances of the law."
~ Romans 3:27-8
"Whoever you are, then, who hastens to the heavenly kingdom,
observe, with Christ's help, this minimum Rule as a beginning,
and then you will come finally to the higher peaks of doctrine and virtue,
under the protection of God."
~ St Benedict
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posted April 01, 2009 12:47 AM
The Original Version:
The Paradoxical Commandments
by Dr. Kent M. Keith
People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway. If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway. Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway. The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down
by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway. People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway. What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway. People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway. Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway. ______________________________________________________
The version found written on the wall
in Mother Teresa's home for children in Calcutta:
People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway. If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway. What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway. The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway. Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway. In the final analysis, it is between you and God.
It was never between you and them anyway.
-this version is credited to Mother Teresa
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posted April 01, 2009 12:54 AM
If I say,
"It's all relative, to me." --I mustn't forget,
"It's relative to others, too."
~ Valus
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posted April 01, 2009 12:57 AM
We bear each other up,
and weight each other down.If I should fail,
the greater share of fault will go
to the greater company of men I kept;
and if I succeed, then the greatest credit
shall be their's to claim.
~ Valus
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posted April 01, 2009 01:18 AM
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posted April 01, 2009 02:18 AM
AAAGGHHHHHHHH, it's the crazy goat again  If this is what I need to embody for my Cappy North Node, I am not amused LOL ....how the heck did it get like that? IP: Logged |
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posted April 01, 2009 02:25 AM
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posted April 01, 2009 02:34 AM
"I still believe in Hope - mostly because there's no such place as Fingers Crossed, Arkansas."-Molly Ivins IP: Logged |
Heart--Shaped Cross
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posted April 01, 2009 06:13 PM
quote:
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The same way you get to Carnegie Hall.  IP: Logged |
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posted April 02, 2009 07:53 PM
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Heart--Shaped Cross
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posted April 03, 2009 12:00 AM
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posted April 03, 2009 01:24 AM
Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.We are more closely connected to the invisible than to the visible. To become properly acquainted with a truth,
we must first have disbelieved it, and disputed against it.
~ Novalis
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posted April 03, 2009 01:29 AM
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Heart--Shaped Cross
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posted April 06, 2009 09:28 PM
...and a very good man.
thanks
I need to bump this thread.
*bump*
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posted April 07, 2009 03:01 AM
Philosophy can bake no bread;
but she can procure for us God, Freedom, Immortality.
Which, then, is more practical, Philosophy or Economy?--
Man is the higher Sense of our Planet;
the star which connects it with the upper world;
the eye which it turns towards Heaven.--
Plants are Children of the Earth;
we are Children of the AEther.
Our Lungs are properly our Root;
we live, when we breathe;
we begin our life with breathing.--
Nature is an AEolian Harp,
a musical instrument;
whose tones again are keys
to higher strings in us.--
The first Man is the first Spirit-seer;
all appears to him as Spirit.
What are children, but first men?
The fresh gaze of the Child is richer in significance
than the forecasting of the most indubitable Seer.--
It depends only on the weakness of our organs
and of our self-excitement (Selbstberuhrung),
that we do not see ourselves in a Fairy-world.
All Fabulous Tales are merely dreams of that home world,
which is everywhere and nowhere. The higher powers in us,
which one day as Genies, shall fulfil our will,
are, for the present, Muses, which refresh us
on our toilsome course with sweet remembrances.--
Life is a disease of the spirit;
a working incited by Passion.
Rest is peculiar to the spirit.--
The ideal of Morality has no more dangerous rival than the ideal of highest Strength, of most powerful life; which also has been named (very falsely as it was there meant) the ideal of poetic greatness. It is the maximum of the savage; and has, in these times, gained, precisely among the greatest weaklings, very many proselytes. By this ideal, man becomes a Beast-Spirit, a Mixture; whose brutal wit has, for weaklings, a brutal power of attraction.--*
The spirit of Poesy is the morning light,
which makes the Statue of Memnon sound.--
The division of Philosopher and Poet
is only apparent, and to the disadvantage of both.
It is a sign of disease, and of a sickly constitution.--
When we speak of the aim and Art observable in Shakspeare's works, we must not forget that Art belongs to Nature; that it is, so to speak, self-viewing, self-imitating, self-fashioning Nature. The Art of a well-developed genius is far different from the Artfulness of the Understanding, of the merely reasoning mind. Shakspeare was no calculator, no learned thinker; he was a mighty, many-gifted soul, whose feelings and works, like products of Nature, bear the stamp of the same spirit; and in which the last and deepest of observers will still find new harmonies with the infinite structure of the Universe; concurrences with later ideas, affinities with the higher powers and senses of man. They are emblematic, have many meanings, are simple and inexhaustible, like products of Nature; and nothing more unsuitable could be said of them than that they are works of Art, in that narrow mechanical acceptation of the word.
Martyrs are spiritual heroes.
Christ was the greatest martyr of our species;
through him has martyrdom become infinitely significant and holy.--
Spinoza is a God-intoxicated man.
~ Novalis
* talk about anticipating Nietzsche, lol
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posted April 07, 2009 03:06 AM
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I'm glad you posted this, HSC.
Novalis seems to have been a remarkable man.
Supposedly he was the reincarnation of Raphael.
I'm ashamed to say I've not yet got around to making his aquaintance.
Where did you read/hear that he was the reincarnation of Raphael?
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