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There's a famous story about the lion who came upon a flock of sheep and to his amazement found a lion among the sheep. It was a lion who had been brought up by the sheep ever since he was a cub. It would bleat like a sheep and run around like a sheep. The lion went straight for him, and when the sheep-lion stood in front of the real one, he trembled in every limb. And the lion said to him, 'What are you doing among these sheep?' And the sheep-lion said, 'I am a sheep." And the lion said, 'Oh no you're not. You're coming with me.' So he took the sheep-lion to a pool and said, 'Look!' And when the sheep-lion looked at his reflection in the water, he let out a mighty roar, and in that moment he was transformed. He was never the same again."
- Anthony de Mello, Awareness -
(Gaze into the spotless mirror of God's love for you. Feel your true self awakening.) |
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GN 37:3-4, 12-13, 17-28; PS 105:16-17, 18-19, 20-21; MT 21:33-43, 45-46 R. Remember the marvels the Lord has done. When the LORD called down a famine on the land
and ruined the crop that sustained them,
He sent a man before them,
Joseph, sold as a slave.
They had weighed him down with fetters,
and he was bound with chains,
Till his prediction came to pass
and the word of the LORD proved him true.
The king sent and released him,
the ruler of the peoples set him free.
He made him lord of his house
and ruler of all his possessions. USCCB Lectionary
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The parable of the tenants was not an easy reading for me. The first time I read it I felt I was getting something but I also felt I was missing something. I then picked up my Bible and read it in my mother tongue, but the feeling was similar. So I read it a couple of more times on the internet (I found a power point presentation for kids about the parable and there is even a YouTube link, that I did not follow) until an interpretation that I think is appropriate today came to my mind: the responsibility of holding a leadership position (or how to avoid being like the tenants who seized the servants).
As we grow in experience, knowledge, understanding and wisdom our community may give us the honor to hold a leadership position: they trust us. We may be responsible of leading a team of 2 members, of 20, of 200 or of 2,000.... In any case, we are responsible of adhering to the strongest ethical and professional standards. And we should be aware that our work is not ours but belongs to the community that entrusted us. And that our work should flow to reflect the mission and vision of those who bestowed us the honor. - by Patricia Soto Creighton Online Ministries
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Selected Quotes from St. John of the Cross on the Journey of the Soul to God by Contemplation - from Ascent of Mt. Carmel Bk. 1. Ch. 1. #5. No man of himself can succeed in voiding himself of all his desires in order to come to God. Bk. 1. Ch. 4. #5. The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. The
soul has to proceed rather by unknowing rather than knowing. Bk. 1. Ch. 5. #6. This perfection consists in voiding and stripping and purifying the soul of every desire. #7. God will give to the soul a new understanding of God in God, the old human understanding being cast aside and a new love of God in God. - compiled by James and Tyra Arraj
Paperback edition: Kindle edition available
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