Maundy Thursday Meditation
Washing One Another Jesus, knowing the Father had given all things into his hands, and he had come from God and was going to God, got up from the table, took off his outer robe, and tied a towel around himself. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet
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What Sustains the more I am hollowed by the fire, the more my ribs spread like the tree of life. the more I am washed by the tears of others, the more my heart rounds like an ocean shell. the more stories I tell of how one picks up another, the more
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“By reading the scriptures I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me. The sky seems to be a pure, a cooler blue, the trees a deeper green. The whole world is charged with the glory of God and I feel fire and music under my feet. ” Thomas Merton
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I can’t tell you exactly when I felt it first, but in the past week, I’ve started to sense that spring is not far away. Even though there is still snow on the ground and sooty piles still in parking lots and on street corners, there is a different feel to the air. This morning,
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