In themidst of war,

each one of us.He knows the challengeof this hour and this trial.He has a great purposefor this time in the worldthis time, in which it is aprivilege to live.He has made us readyand, we can be certainthat, in ways that wemay have never anticipatedand thought of, He will use us.(Thinking of the crisis of Covid19)

who lives in the unknown and unseen.Pray to the One who seesyour being in wholeness.Prostrate there in this inner spacein utter humility.(The Cave of Fire – Story and Meditation – Crystalinkscrystalinks.com)

You healed them and hugged them.Their skin creamed without blemish.To prostitutes, you told: „don’t sin again’lifting your right arm to bless them.They smiled in your presenceand they knew the beauty of love.Your simple life is light to our pathsin this mad material world.You fed the poor and cared for the needyadorned with the feathers of…

that have hitherto dividedreligious and monastic traditions,is now not only possibleand desirable,but most importantfor the destiniesof Twentieth-Century Man.

of recent decades,we have limitlessopportunities forentertainment anddistraction.We have an endlesssupply of images,information, entertainment,and stimulationat our fingertips.Yet, despite all of this,the symptoms ofneurosis persist.The flow of thingsto which we clingand with which wefill our lives neverreally satisfies.

celebrate Advent again.Advent means‘arrival of the Lord! ‘.At the same time,our gaze pointsboth into the pastand into the future.We expect the fulfillmentof the biblical promises.We wait for something.We expect somethingand are not contentwith what we seeand experiencenow in this world.Seekers are we,interrogators are we.We are also livingin great hope.The Advent light shouldnot only createa contemplative…