Using, not serving, money

Jesus makes it abundantly clear that we must never serve money; yet, at the very same time he urges us to "make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon" (Matt. 6:24, Luke 16:9). How are we to break the horns of this strange dilemma? We do so by first conquering the spiritual power money has over us, and once we have conquered it we are free to use it for kingdom purposes. We are never to serve money; but having conquered it we are then able to use money for the common good. Never serving. Ever using.

Richard Foster

Healing

I am not a mechanism, an assembly of various sections.

And it is not because the mechanism is working wrongly, that I am ill.

I am ill because of wounds to the soul, to the deep emotional self,

And wounds to the soul take a long, long time,

Only time can help,

And patience, and a certain difficult repentance,

Long, difficult repentance, realization of life's mistake,

And the freeing oneself from the endless repetition of the mistake

Which mankind at large has chosen to sanctify.

"Healing" by D.H. Lawrence

"A Good Day" With Brother David Steindl-Rast

“Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one's life does not consist of possessions.” (Lk. 12:15)

This is a great video to move your heart to gratefulness, the antidote to greed.

Original Sin

Original sin is our sharing int he common pain of being human.  It does not need hatred.  It needs healing.  It does not deserve punishment.  It deserves tears.  It is not worked through so much as washed away by situating one's life in a much bigger picture.

Richard Rohr, OFM, Adam's Return

Simple Prayer

When the mystery of God become tangible through the simple beauty of symbols, when it is not smothered by too many words, then prayer with others... awakens us to heaven's joy on earth.

Br. Roger of Taize