Feast Day of St. Francis De Sales born: 1567–died: 1622
Patron saint of journalists.
Video – Song – Wings of Desire
“Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them–every day begin the task anew.”
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Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal aims of humanity.
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)
January 21, 2010 Daily Devotional
Meditation Video: Relax Snow – Kokin Gumi – Zen Garden
How many mystics have suffered from feeling abandoned by God! In reality, God didn’t abandon them; it was they who failed to remain conscious of his presence. God never abandons us; it is within our own consciousness that these [...]
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY
Song: We Shall Overcome sung by Mahalia Jackson (video)
Song: Go Down Moses by Louis Armstrong (video)
In a real sense all life is inter-related. All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. I [...]
Video – Handel: Water Music — allegro.
With these outflowings, river-like, with deltas
that spread like arms to reach the open sea,
with the recurrent tides that never cease
will I acknowledge you, will I proclaim you
as no one ever has before.
— Rainer Maria Rilke from the poem Dedication translated by Albert Ernest Flemming
The Rainer [...]
Video – The Beauty of Nature
Winter Feast for the Soul starts today.
January 15 — February 23
The inspiration for the Winter Feast of the Soul came out of a three-line Rumi poem:
What nine months does for the embryo,
Forty early mornings
Will do for your growing awareness.
Based on the success of the first Winter Feast in Idaho [...]
WINTER FEAST FOR THE SOUL STARTS TOMORROW
AKAR SANKRANTI/LOHRI HARVEST FESTIVAL (Hindu)
Sankranti means to go from one place to another place (to change direction). It also means one meets another. The time when the sun changes direction from one constellation (of the zodiac) to another is known as Sankranti. It is celebrated in [...]
“I feel that I have found a sanctuary of sorts with the Mystical Order of the White Rose community. While it honors and shares wisdom teachings from many religious and spiritual traditions, it’s perfectly okay that I don’t have one particular religious or spiritual box that I fit neatly into. It’s rare and refreshing [...]
