Transfiguration
"This is my Son,
my Beloved, with whom I am well pleased."
~ Matthew
17:5
Gate-Church of the
Transfiguration
1687-88. Novodevichi convent,
Moscow
Climb the
mountains and get their good tidings.
Nature's peace
will flow into you
as sunshine
flows into trees.
~ John
Muir
God is the
friend of silence.
See how nature -
trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence;
see the stars,
the moon and the sun,
how they move in
silence.
~ Mother
Teresa
A lively
understandable spirit
Once entertained
you.
It will come
again.
Be
still.
Wait.
~ Theodore
Roethke
The three
remaining of the SIX paintings by our
artists selected last week
for the Alzheimer's
Association of Colorado's annual
Art
Auction
to be held in June,
2005
Denver Center for
Performing Arts
(There will be 69
paintings in the auction.)
(Tickets are $150 ... )
Jan's
raccoons
Carol's
waterscape
... and
yes,
Norman's Bug-Eyed
Salmon
was
selected.
So
many wonderful stories!
Today is your
day!
Your
mountain is waiting.
So ... get on
your way!
~
Dr. Seuss
February 6, 2005 Epiphany 5,
Transfiguration
Contemplatio
(contemplation), or the Prayer of Union, is the birthright of every child of
God. However, few of God’s children claim this birthright. Perhaps
it is the natural consequence of our frantic
lifestyles.
... Henri Nouen describes this
accurately in the Forward to The Practice of the Presence of
God:
Our lives are
fragmented. There are so many things to do, so many events to worry about,
so many people to think of, so many experiences to work through, so many tasks
to fulfill, so many demands to respond to, and so many needs to pay attention
to. Often it seems that just keeping things together asks for enormous
energy. Different powers pull us into different directions and our sense
of unity and togetherness is constantly threatened. This fragmentation is
probably one of the most painful experiences of modern man and women. … Life has
become so busy … that it is hard to keep the pieces together. Underneath…
lurks the nagging feeling of being disconnected, alienated and bored. … And so
while we are busy we feel an inner emptiness.
Instead of turning to God in our
emptiness, we tend to fill our lives up with more things to do. Even our
religious practices have become part of a check-list of tasks to
accomplish. The key to contemplation, and
therefore the contemplative life, is stillness and
quiet.
http://www.path-light.com/Kingdom11b.htm
