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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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Tuesday 10/04/2005
Choose the way of life that leads to increased awareness, enhanced life, and love. Our own aliveness, the soul's deep abiding joy, can point the way.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Wednesday 10/05/2005
Search out the wily ways of self-interest. Sometimes it's in the driver's seat as we move toward a goal. Other times it encourages us to pull back and refuse to embrace our divine destiny with love and zeal.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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