http://gabrielle.stblogs.com asylum for your refugee soul Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:06:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Every morning when I turn on my computer, my homepage says: Sympatico.ca -  Where Canadians start their day Catchy, I suppose.  Sad, really. Let's start our day with prayer, my fellow Canadians.  I promise it will give you a whole different perspective on those headlines you're confronted with every morning. Artwork:  "Dawn", by Tom Thomson (Group ... http://gabrielle.stblogs.com/2009/11/07/simply-saturday-things-gotta-change/ Part 6: Exploring Prayer of the Heart (Based on Chapter 31) Way of Perfection [youtube width="450" height="450"]IgyX_TsYL9A&feature=related[/youtube] Sister Donna does such a thorough job in Part 6 of explaining Chapter 31 that there is really nothing left of the chapter for me to highlight!  I love her own comparison of this prayer ... http://gabrielle.stblogs.com/2009/11/06/sister-donnas-prayer-of-the-heart-series-part-6-of-6/ Prayer for All the Faithful Departed Heavenly Father, I believe that in Your wisdom and justice You willed to purify all persons who die without having attained the state that they need for all eternity, all who have still to expiate completely the sins committed on earth. I also believe that ... http://gabrielle.stblogs.com/2009/11/02/all-souls/ Beautiful. [youtube width="450" height="450"]ZWt5y301BSY&NR=1[/youtube] Fun. [youtube width="450" height="450"]Fnt-P38ykc4[/youtube] http://gabrielle.stblogs.com/2009/11/01/all-saints/ Autumn Closing (Bliss Carman) The show is over, and the leafy tent All gold and crimson where the sunlight lingered Through the slow afternoon, is coming down. The bittersweet is scarlet on the bough Reluctant to be gone, though frosts have strewn Patins of glory on the forest trails, While tatters of torn splendour go to feed The ... http://gabrielle.stblogs.com/2009/10/31/reluctant-to-be-gone/ Part 5: Exploring Prayer of the Heart (Based on Chapter 30) Way of Perfection [youtube width="450" height="450"]ojIfbX0O-TA&feature=related[/youtube] ...it may seem to anyone who doesn't know about the matter that vocal prayer doesn't go with contemplation; but I know that it does.  Pardon me, but I want to say this:  I know ... http://gabrielle.stblogs.com/2009/10/31/sister-donnas-prayer-of-the-heart-series-part-5-of-6/ I am reading, "By Little and By Little.  The Selected Writings of Dorothy Day", and just wanted to share a passage about Peter Maurin that brought tears to my eyes: Peter had been insulted and misunderstood in his life as well as loved.  He had been taken for a plumber and left ... http://gabrielle.stblogs.com/2009/10/27/living-the-precepts/   Recover for me, my God, the time I have lost by giving me grace in the present and in the future, so that I may appear before You with nuptial garments, for You can do this if You wish. [Lingering with My Lord. Post-Communion Experiences of St. Teresa of Avila, Introduction ... http://gabrielle.stblogs.com/2009/10/15/st-teresa-of-avila/ Well, call me a diehard, but our turkey is real and I'll be up all night making the pumpkin pies!   CBC Archives   Happy Thanksgiving weekend, my fellow Canadians! http://gabrielle.stblogs.com/2009/10/10/giving-thanks/ Part 4: Exploring Prayer of the Heart (Based on Chapter 29) Way of Perfection  [youtube width="450" height="450"]8Ck0q_JBeew&feature=related[/youtube] Chapter 29 continues with the prayer of recollection, and as Sr. Donna points out and as St. Teresa writes, "...this recollection is not a silence of the faculties; it is an enclosure of the faculties ... http://gabrielle.stblogs.com/2009/10/08/sister-donnas-prayer-of-the-heart-series-part-4-of-6/