Our very existence is a creative

of the dark nightof the yearing soul,a soul in such anexperience may wonderas it gropes clumsilyaround for the faceof the God it longs for,Does God love me?

I was waiting for you.In the fury of desireI burnt my skin.Would you cometo pour the healingoil on my heart?Touch my woundssoftly and kindly.e

earthly food, heconsecrated throughhis fast the patternof our Lenten observanceand, by overturningall the snares ofthe ancient serpent,taught us to castout the leaven ofmalice, so that,celebrating worthilythe Paschal Mystery,we might pass overat last to the eternalpaschal feast.(The Christians observe forty daysof fasting and penance to meditatewell on the sufferings of Christ on theholy cross and His…

for the welfare of others,to become generous,open-hearted and open-handed.‘The pure in heart are blessed, ‘describing the ability to approachall people free from duplicitousmotives, free of self-serving.‘Peacemakers are blessed.they’re nothing less thanthe children of God.’Peacemaking is the abilityto be candid, constructive,and caring; to pursue peacein a world that is full of war,dissension, conflicts and arguments.‘Those who…

Isaac, and Jacobcontinued to berevealed to Hischosen people,as the years rolled by,so each of God’srevealed characteristics,was one more beautifulpicture of thecoming Messiah,the Mighty Godand Prince of Peace,who would alsobe the one whowould heal Hispeople Israel,the nation whomIsaiah described asbeing sick,‘from the crownof their head tothe sole of their foot’.

my every manual movementthe execution of ritual gesture,my walking a ceremonialcircumambulation,my eating and other actsthe rite of sacrifice,my lying down prostrationin worship, my every pleasureenjoyed with dedication of myself,let whatever activityis mine be some formof worship of you.’(Wisdom from theThe Saundaryalahari ofAdi Shankaracarya) .