Thoughts from the Seton Cove
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Remain in My Love
Patricia Speier - 06/11/2008
Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.
John 15: 4-5
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The Fallacy of Striving
Patricia Speier - 03/07/2008
We live in a culture that so inculcates striving, seeking, trying, and forcing into our very being, that we are often unaware of how much energy we are expending on a daily basis in our efforts to force the world into our picture of reality.
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The Gate of Heaven
Patricia Speier - 12/06/2007
Although Fr. Richard Rohr was here months ago, I find myself still processing what he said to us. More...
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Take A Look There
Patricia Speier - 10/11/2007
I found this wonderful little poem in a book called Love's Alchemy, a collection of poems from the Sufi tradition. I am enthralled by the advice in the first line, "Spend some time with the People of Heart." More...
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The Mystery of Contemplative Prayer: Why Do We Sit?
Patricia Speier, MA, MAR Executive Director - 08/07/2007
In a world obsessed with having and doing at an ever faster pace, why in the world would you devote thirty minutes a week to sitting silently in a room with two or three others? On the face of things it seems to go against reason and logic. More...
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