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Beauty Has Been Restored*

there are always             possibilities and I feel so             overwhelmed I get stuck on             what I want rather than go             the way opens prayers are answered             despite questions I must listen             attentively accept the signs             with awareness and embrace             the consequence some choices bring             desolation some resultContinue reading “Beauty Has Been Restored*”

Apostolic Spirit

“The apostolic spirit, exercises promote it, prayers receive it, and practices conserve it.”[1] Serious study and meditation promote it, but “self” menace it. Selfishness withers, self-seeking desiccates, self-satisfaction parches, self-interest shrinks. Sincere charity and heartfelt zeal render us indifferent and detached. “The world is a fiery and seething furnace and blessed are those souls thatContinue reading “Apostolic Spirit”