Monday, September 18, 2017
Some snippets from my reading
this weekend:
The poet Rumi:
Humble living
does not diminish. It fills.
Going back to a
simpler self gives wisdom.
Jesus Christ: He who loses his life for my sake will find it.
Rumi:
When
you prune weak branches, the remains fruit get tastier.
Jesus: I am
the true vine and my Father is the vinegrower. . . . Every branch that bears
fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit.
(John 15:1,2)
And here is something from
Robert Cardinal Sarah (The Power of
Silence). Cardinal Sarah is very conservative and challenging and sometimes
he comes across as rather severe and judgmental. See what you make of this:
“The narcissism of excessive
speech is a temptation from Satan. It results in a form of detestable
exteriorization, in which man wallows on the surface of himself, making noise
so as not to hear God.” (p. 194)
God bless you!
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