| Quote for the Day: To wait open-endedly is an enormously radical attitude toward life. So is to trust that something will happen to us that is far beyond our imaginings. So, too, is giving up control over our future and letting God define our life, trusting that God moulds us according to God's love and not according to our fear. The spiritual life is a life in which we wait, actively present to the moment, trusting that new things will happen to us, new things that are far beyond our own imagination, fantasy, or prediction. That, indeed, is a very radical stance toward life in a world preoccupied with control. Henri J. M. Nouwen |
Miracle Monday
Well, I don't have a miracle to report - but I'm open to receiving one. Of course I know they are happening all the time...maybe I should pray more to be open to seeing them!
I just found this video yesterday about a young lion who was raised by two young men. When he got too big for them he was put in the wild with a pride of lions. The video is a clip of their "Reunion" a year later.
Christian the Lion Reunion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xmc8gDzk2sg&mode=related&search=
Blessings of Peace and All Good,
Sister Patricia
The Confession Connection The Sacrament of Reconciliation: Celebrating God's Forgiveness by Sandra DeGidio, O.S.M. Day Eight: Conversion: An ongoing process For many people in the past penance connoted "making up to God" by punishing ourselves for our sins. But true reparation is not punishment. At its root, reparation is repairing or correcting a sinful lifestyle. In the past we were told to do penance as temporal punishment for our sins. Now, however, we understand that our real "punishment" is the continuing pattern of sin in our lives and the harmful attitudes and actions it creates in us. The purpose of doing penance is to help us change that pattern. Penance is for growth, not for punishment. "Doing penance" means taking steps in the direction of living a changed life: it means making room for something new. To be continued A selected article from "101 Inspirational Stories of the Sacrament of Reconciliation." |
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"Born Free" was on our cable TV this past week. I was 10 years old when I first saw it and still love it 42 years later watching it with my kids. I was delightfully surprised to see the video of Christen the lion and the info about George Adamson. Thanks so much for sharing the video link!
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