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Saturday 01/05/2002
Jesus taught that we would find him among the poor. If we keep our hearts open we discover that he lives within us as the voice of conscience and the inclination toward compassionate action.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Sunday 01/06/2002
Christ is the distressing presence that tries to wake us and call us to compassion.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Monday 01/07/2002
Good works bring us to the door of heaven, or Divine Consciousness; only love and grace take us through.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Tuesday 01/08/2002
Good works abide in nature; only surrender takes us beyond. No one, not even the saints, reach enlightenment through action. But action is necessary. Do not imagine yourself to be the doer of the action--that is the key.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Wednesday 01/09/2002
Good works are useful to a point, then they may be detrimental to one's awakening. If there is attachment to one's work--the desire to gain praise, favor with God, or an enlightened state through what we do--it becomes a detriment.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Thursday 01/10/2002
The daily choices we make, the life we lead, reveal which of the three modes of nature--uplifting, restless, or deadening--are predominant in our character
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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Friday 01/11/2002
Constant activity and desiring, even for good works, is a restless state. Silence brings more peace. When peace predominates, one sees God everywhere and is of a loving frame of mind.
Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian
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