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Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2012 11:38 AM
Mater Dolorosa: The Unruined Heart
The swords through your heart are not the ones which caused your wounds, but rather, these mighty swords of Strength, were earned by your struggles through hard times. Sword of Surrender: to withstand this time of learning. Sword of Veils: to pierce the hidden meanings of this time. Sword of Healing: to lance one's own agony, bitterness. Sword of New Life: to cut through, cut loose, plant anew. Sword of Courage: to speak up, row on, touch others. |
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Posted on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 2:27 PM
"And here too, is a prayercito, a little blessing-prayer I'd say over you now, a prayercito I created years ago in the midst of some of the most harsh challenges of my own life. I offer it to you as healing, no matter what walls surround your loved ones, no matter what devastations have occurred, no matter what prisons you have been dragged into, no matter where your loves ones are held captive, no matter what.
It is this, and I'd place you within the circle of Our Lady's wreath of green leaves and white flowers encircling her Immaculate Heart, and then just gently say these words over your perhaps tired heart, bedraggled spirit, but earnest and radiantly enduring soul: Remember, no wall against the Holy can hold us away from the Holy. |
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Posted on Thursday, November 24, 2011 2:53 PM
'Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him.' (Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning) |
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Posted on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 1:54 PM
'To be truthful - few can do it! And those who can, will not! Least of all, however, can the good be truthful. Oh these good men! Good men will never tell the truth; to be good in that way is a sickness of the spirit. They yield, these good men, they acquiesce, their hearts imitate, they obey from the heart: But he who obeys does not listen to himself!' (Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra) |
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Posted on Tuesday, November 08, 2011 12:43 PM
'Joy is the emotional expression of the courageous Yes to one's own true being.' (Paul Tillich, The Courage to Be) |
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Posted on Monday, November 07, 2011 5:43 PM
In a conversation between Carl Rogers (the founder of person-centred therapy) and Martin Buber (a theologian and philosopher) the two men disagreed on many aspects of therapy. However, they found one area that they could whole-heartedly agree on, and this was that in the therapeutic encounter one of the most valuable things a therapist could give to a client was the permission tobe:
Rogers: 'I give [the client] permission tobe.'
Buber: 'I think no human being can give more than this. |
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