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Tuesday 09/27/2005
Love's persistence overcomes despair's insistence that our simple acts of loving kindness are not enough.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Wednesday 09/28/2005
When the commitment to be a peacemaker is present along with the willingness to live it, one simple act leads us to the next in the profound light of God's grace.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Thursday 09/29/2005
The influence of a single transformed life is beyond calculation; it ripples out and touches the lives of countless others.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Friday 09/30/2005
When the mind, free of the strivings of the self and free of self-concern, sinks into the heart, an incomparable joy arises within us. We become ecstatic lovers, drunk with the wine of divine love.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Saturday 10/01/2005
Renunciation does not require renouncing the world or our duties in it. The abode of the true renunciate is the cave of the heart. Everything done with nonattachment and love for God in our hearts is renunciation.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Sunday 10/02/2005
Be suspicious of the thought that encourages you to begin to practice meditation tomorrow, or next week when you have finished some important work, or when more time is available. Everything depends on God. Begin today.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Monday 10/03/2005
How can one accomplish single-minded devotion to God in the midst of work and family life? See God in all. Serve God in all. Do everything for God.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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