set out on the
journey of faith,
we will find out
that we will pass
through beautiful
and consoling
hours of broad
daylight,
the muted dusk
of aridity, and
experience the soft,
melancholic fading
of twilight.
We may hesitate then,
uncertain of ourselves
and of God as the
shadows lengthen
and obscure our
familiar way-steps.
(About Mutter Theresa of calcutta)
shining and burning for my God.I began my life here.I will end my life hereon this holy altar.More than thatI do not want.I am fully satisfiedwith my short life.
philosophy, religiousconceptions, and naturalcharacter will beexpunged accordingthe work of God.
one can be certainand sure that timewill go on!It will not stop becausea heart has beenbroken or a loved onehas died or becausewe treasure themoment we haveand do not want it to end.Time is life and lifegoes on regardless.(Written from the comments of the great poetess Marie Shine of Listowel)
Neither second or thirdNor fourth is He is called;Neither fifth nor sixthNor seventh is He called;Neither eighth nor ninthNor tenth is He is called.He surveys all that breathesAnd that breathes not.He possesses the Power of SupremeHe is One,The One Alone.In Him All divine powersBecome the One Alone.’[Reference: Atharva Veda 13.5.14-21](By T OShanavas, M.D.)
never to disownthe poor or bendmy knees beforeinsolent might.Give me thestrength tosurrender mystrength to thywill with love.(Ref: Tagore,Gitanjali,36)
of the ‘cosmic dance’in its eternality can beunited with the Christianmystic experienceof grace and Christ-identification.
