Autumn harvest

Gather everything that happens, trivialities included, without reservation, regret, or nostalgia, in inexhaustible wonder.  Step out, forward, one step at a time, from doubt toward faith, not worrying about the impossible ahead.  Light fire, even with the thorns that tear you.

Br. Roger of Taize

Young and Old

Every scribe who becomes a disciple of the kingdom of Heaven is like a householder who brings out from his storeroom new things as well as old. (Mt. 13:52)

I was brought up in the old traditions, but listening to younger people and sharing in their private struggles rids me of certain reflexes of fear. Without these thousands of young people here on the hill, where would I be now, in spite of my desire to be open.

Br. Roger of Taize