Poets & Saints

ScriptureJohn 1:50–51 (NIV)Jesus said,"You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree.You will see greater things than that."He then added,"Very truly I tell you, you will see heaven open,and the angels of God ascending and descendingon the Son of Man."RefrainGod is nearer to me than my own soul.QuoteJulian of Norwich, from Revelations of Divine Love"God is nearer to us than our own soul,for he is ground in whom our soul stands,and he is the means that keepsthe substance and the sensuality togetherso that it shall never depart.For our soul sits in God, in true rest,and our soul stands in God in sure strength,and our soul is naturally rooted in God,in endless love." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureJohn 1:47–49 (NIV)When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him,"Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.""How do you know me?" Nathanael asked.Jesus answered,"I saw you while you were still under the fig treebefore Philip called you."Then Nathanael declared,"Rabbi, you are the Son of God;you are the king of Israel."RefrainI was seen before I was found.QuoteRabbi Johanan bar Nappaha of Tiberius"Why were matters of Torah compared to a fig tree?Just as this fig tree,whenever a person searches it for figs to eat,he finds figs in it,as the figs on the tree do not ripen all at once,so too, with matters of Torah.Whenever a person meditates on them,he finds in them new meaning." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scripture1 Thessalonians 5:16–18 (NRSVUE)Rejoice always,pray without ceasing,give thanks in all circumstances;for this is the will of Godin Christ Jesus for you.RefrainPrayer is keeping company with God.QuoteMother Teresa"Prayer is not asking.Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God,at His disposition,and listening to His voicein the depth of our hearts." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureIsaiah 30:15 (NRSVUE)For thus said the Lord God,the Holy One of Israel:In returning and rest you shall be saved;in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.PoemBrian Zahnd, Blessed Are the PatientA woman in the kitchen baking breadA farmer in the field sowing seedBoth know they must trust toTiny miracles of fermentation and germinationJesus says—This is how the kingdom of heaven comesQuiet and slow, almost unobservedNothing like tramping armies on the marchOr the inane noise of political campaignsViolence is swift and lies are loudSo the kingdom of heaven is slow and quietBlessed are the patientFor theirs is the way of heavenBlessed are the patientFor they'll be proved wiseBlessed are the patientFor time is on their sideInstead of fighting, striving, connivingThey can wait for the bread to riseThey can wait for the wheat to ripenCauses, crusades, and campaigns cannot waitAnd for this reason they cannot be wise"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread"Those in a hurry to change the worldJust make the world more of what it is—Loud and proud and boundTo the powers that beSo Jesus alludes to something otherA woman in her kitchen sipping teaA farmer on the porch with his pipeShe's waiting for the bread to riseHe's waiting for the rains to comeAnd Jesus whispers—This is the way to beBlessed are the patientFor they do it rightBlessed are the patientFor they keep their peaceBlessed are the patientFor they change the world(Without even knowing it) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureMark 2:15 (NRSVUE)And as he sat at dinner in Levi's house,many tax collectors and sinnerswere also sitting with Jesus and his disciples,for there were many who followed him.RefrainThere is a place at the table, and it is mine.QuoteHenri Nouwen, from Behold the Beauty of the Lord: Praying with Icons"To live in the world without belonging to the worldsummarizes the essence of the spiritual life.The spiritual life keeps us awarethat our true house is not the house of fear,in which the powers of hatred and violence rule,but the house of love, where God resides." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureHebrews 13:2 (NRSVUE)Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers,for by doing thatsome have entertained angels without knowing it.RefrainI welcome everything that comes to me today.QuoteThe Welcoming PrayerMary Mrozowski"Welcome, welcome, welcome.I welcome everything that comes to me todaybecause I know it's for my healing.I welcome all thoughts, feelings, emotions,persons, situations, and conditions.I let go of my desire for power and control.I let go of my desire for affection, esteem, approval, and pleasure.I let go of my desire for survival and security.I let go of my desire to change any situation,condition, person, or myself.I open to the love and presence of Godand God's action within. Amen." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureGenesis 18:1 (NRSVUE)The Lord appeared to Abrahamby the oaks of Mamre,as he sat at the entrance of his tentin the heat of the day.RefrainThe present of our life looks different under trees.QuoteWendell Berry, from A Timbered Choir"I go among trees and sit still.All my stirring becomes quietaround me like circles on water.My tasks lie in their placeswhere I left them, asleep like cattle." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureHebrews 11:8 (NRSVUE)By faith Abraham obeyedwhen he was called to set outfor a place that he was to receive as an inheritance,and he set out, not knowing where he was going.RefrainI set out without knowing. Faith is what I carry.QuoteSøren Kierkegaard, from Fear and Tremblingtrans. L.M. Hollander"Through the urging of his faithAbraham left the land of his forefathersand became a stranger in the land of promise.He left one thing behind and took one thing along:he left his worldly wisdom behindand took with him faith." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureLuke 24:30–32 (NIV)When he was at the table with them,he took bread, gave thanks, broke itand began to give it to them.Then their eyes were openedand they recognized him,and he disappeared from their sight.They asked each other,"Were not our hearts burning within uswhile he talked with us on the roadand opened the Scriptures to us?"RefrainMy heart burns as I walk with him.QuoteBrian Zahnd, from Unseen Existences"If we will stay on the journey,press on along the pilgrim path,stay on the road with Jesus,we will come to understandthe mysteries of Christin deeper and truer ways,and like Cleopas and Mary,our hearts will burn within us." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scripture2 Corinthians 5:7 (NIV)For we live by faith,not by sight.RefrainI make the path by walking it.QuoteAntonio Machado, trans. Betty Jean Craige"Wayfarer, only your footprintsare the path, and nothing more;wayfarer, there is no path,you make the path as you walk.As you walk you make the path,and as you turn to glance behindyou see the trail that you nevershall return to tread again.Wayfarer, there is no path,only wake trails on the sea." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScripturePhilippians 3:12–14 (NRSVUE)Not that I have already obtained thisor have already reached the goal,but I press on to make it my own,because Christ Jesus has made me his own.Beloved, I do not consider that I have made it my own,but this one thing I do:forgetting what lies behindand straining forward to what lies ahead,I press on toward the goalfor the prize of the heavenly call of Godin Christ Jesus.RefrainI press on. I have not arrived.QuoteJohn Bunyan, from Pilgrim's Progress"His burden loosed from off his shoulders,and fell from off his back,and began to tumble,and so continued to do,till it came to the mouth of the sepulchre,where it fell in,and I saw it no more.Then was Christian glad and lightsome." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureMatthew 7:13–14 (NRSVUE)"Enter through the narrow gate;for the gate is wide and the road is easythat leads to destruction,and there are many who take it.For the gate is narrow and the road is hardthat leads to life,and there are few who find it."RefrainTruth is a road, and I am walking it.QuoteBrian Zahnd, from The Last Train Out of Monkey Town"Truth is not a laminated cardyou carry in your pocket,Truth is a long hard roadand you have to walk it." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureActs 9:2 (NIV)...and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus,so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way,whether men or women,he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.RefrainI belong to the Way. I am on the road.QuoteJack Kerouac, from On the Road"As we crossed the Colorado-Utah borderI saw God in the skyin the form of huge gold sunburning cloudsabove the desertthat seemed to point a finger at me and say,'Pass here and go on,you're on the road to heaven.'" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureJohn 1:14 (NIV)The Word became fleshand made his dwelling among us.We have seen his glory,the glory of the one and only Son,who came from the Father,full of grace and truth.RefrainThe Word became flesh. This is the greatest wonder.QuoteBrian Zahnd, from Unseen Existences"In that numinous moment I whispered a prayer:God, I want to spend the rest of my lifein a constant state of wonder.What happened next was wholly unanticipated.A reply whispered back,This is the greatest wonder of all —the Word became flesh and dwelt among us." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scripture1 Corinthians 15:51 (NIV)Listen, I tell you a mystery:We will not all sleep,but we will all be changed.RefrainMystery is where all knowing begins.QuoteAlbert Einstein"The most beautiful thing we can experienceis the mysterious.It is the source of all true art and science." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureMatthew 18:3 (NIV)And he said:"Truly I tell you,unless you change and become like little children,you will never enter the kingdom of heaven."RefrainI am learning to see like a child again.QuoteGeorge MacDonald"To cease to wonder is to fall plumb-downfrom the childlike to the commonplace —the most undivine of all moods intellectual.Our nature can never be at homeamong things that are not wonderful to us." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureLamentations 5:15–16 (NIV)Joy is gone from our hearts;our dancing has turned to mourning.The crown has fallen from our head.Woe to us, for we have sinned!RefrainGod has never grown tired of making the world.QuoteG.K. Chesterton, from Orthodoxy"But perhaps God is strong enoughto exult in monotony.It is possible that God says every morning,'Do it again' to the sun;and every evening, 'Do it again' to the moon.It may not be automatic necessitythat makes all daisies alike;it may be that God makes every daisy separately,but has never got tired of making them.It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy;for we have sinned and grown old,and our Father is younger than we." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScripturePsalm 8:3–4 (NIV)When I consider your heavens,the work of your fingers,the moon and the stars,which you have set in place,what is mankind that you are mindful of them,human beings that you care for them?RefrainWonder is the arrow pointing me home.QuoteBrian Zahnd, from Unseen Existences"In the pilgrimage of the soultoward the homeland where we've never been,wonder is one of our most reliable way markers.True wonder is a bright flechapointing the pilgrim toward heaven." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureRevelation 21:2–4 (NRSVUE)And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem,coming down out of heaven from God,prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,"See, the home of God is among mortals.He will dwell with them;they will be his peoples,and God himself will be with them;he will wipe every tear from their eyes.Death will be no more;mourning and crying and pain will be no more,for the first things have passed away."RefrainNo one is finally lost. The road leads home.QuoteC.S. Lewis, from The Problem of Pain"I do not think that all who choose wrong roads perish;but their rescue consistsof being put back on the right road." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScripturePhilippians 3:20 (NIV)But our citizenship is in heaven.And we eagerly await a Savior from there,the Lord Jesus Christ.RefrainI am not yet myself. I am becoming.QuotePope Benedict XVI, from Introduction to Christianity"Human persons are beings en route,beings characterized by transition.They are not yet themselves;they must ultimately become themselves." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureJohn 14:2–3 (NIV)My Father's house has many rooms;if that were not so,would I have told youthat I am going there to prepare a place for you?And if I go and prepare a place for you,I will come backand take you to be with methat you also may be where I am.RefrainI press on — further up and further in.QuoteC.S. Lewis, from The Last Battle"I have come home at last!This is my real country!I belong here.This is the land I have been looking for all my life,though I've never seen it till now.The reason we loved the old Narniais that it sometimes looked a little like this.Come further up, come further in!" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureHebrews 11:13 (KJV)These all died in faith,not having received the promises,but having seen them afar off,and were persuaded of them,and embraced them,and confessed that they were strangersand pilgrims on the earth.RefrainI am an animal en route to another native land.QuoteGregory of Nazianzus, from an Easter Sermon"The great Architect of the universeconceived and produced a beingendowed with both natures,visible and invisible.He created a being at once earthly and heavenly,insecure and immortal,visible and invisible,halfway between greatness and nothingness,flesh and spirit at the same time —an animal en route to another native land,and most mysterious of all,made to resemble Godby simple submission to the divine will." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scripture2 Corinthians 4:18 (NIV)So we fix our eyes not on what is seen,but on what is unseen,since what is seen is temporary,but what is unseen is eternal.RefrainI am latent with unseen existences.QuoteBrian Zahnd, from Unseen Existences"Once we acknowledge the reality of a spiritual world,we can understand life as a pilgrimage of the soultoward our true telos —our true aim, our true goal, our true end:union with God." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureSong of Songs 2:4 (NIV)Let him lead me to the banquet hall,and let his banner over me be love.RefrainI welcome the stranger who is myself.QuoteDerek Walcott, from Love After Love"The time will comewhen, with elation,you will greet yourself arrivingat your own door, in your own mirror,and each will smile at the other's welcome,and say, sit here. Eat.You will love again the stranger who was your self.Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heartto itself, to the stranger who has loved youall your life, whom you ignoredfor another, who knows you by heart.Sit. Feast on your life." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureRevelation 21:5 (NIV)He who was seated on the throne said,"I am making everything new!"Then he said,"Write this down,for these words are trustworthy and true."RefrainWhat was broken has become the ground of something new.QuoteFyodor Dostoevsky, from The Brothers Karamazov"Love all God's creation,the whole and every grain of sand in it.Love every leaf, every ray of God's light.Love the animals, love the plants, love everything.If you love everything,you will perceive the divine mystery in things.Once you have perceived it,you will begin to comprehend it better every day.And you will come at lastto love the whole worldwith an all-embracing love." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureExodus 3:14 (NIV)God said to Moses,"I am who I am.This is what you are to say to the Israelites:'I am has sent me to you.'"RefrainSimply that you are.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"Anything is a sacramentif it serves as a shortcut to the Infinite,but it will always be hiddenin something that is very finite." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureRomans 8:18 (NIV)I consider that our present sufferingsare not worth comparingwith the glory that will be revealed in us.RefrainThere is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.QuoteC.S. Lewis, from The Problem of Pain"We can ignore even pleasure.But pain insists upon being attended to.God whispers to us in our pleasures,speaks in our conscience,but shouts in our pains:it is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureGenesis 1:31 (NIV)God saw all that he had made,and it was very good.And there was evening, and there was morning —the sixth day.RefrainI am held in a world that was made for me.QuoteThomas Traherne, from Centuries of Meditations"You never enjoy the world aright,till the Sea itself floweth in your veins,till you are clothed with the heavens,and crowned with the stars:and perceive yourself to be the sole heir of the whole world,and more than so,because men are in itwho are every one sole heirs as well as you.Till you love men so as to desire their happiness,with a thirst equal to the zeal of your own:till you delight in God for being good to all:you never enjoy the world." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scripture2 Corinthians 3:18 (NIV)And we all, who with unveiled facescontemplate the Lord's glory,are being transformed into his imagewith ever-increasing glory,which comes from the Lord, who is Spirit.RefrainHeaven begins now, in being fully seen.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"Any loving gaze that we can dare to receivecan start the Flow:creation itself, animals, humans —all are the divine gazeif we allow them to be.One day, the mirror will reflect in both directions,and we will see over therewhat was allowed in here.This is full-access seeing — and being seen:most have named it 'heaven'and it begins now.Let this Divine Mirror fully receive you.All of you.And you never need be lonely again." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScripturePsalm 139:1–4 (NIV)You have searched me, Lord,and you know me.You know when I sit and when I rise;you perceive my thoughts from afar.You discern my going out and my lying down;you are familiar with all my ways.Before a word is on my tongueyou, Lord, know it completely.RefrainGod receives me fully. I am redeemed in being seen.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"God is a mirror big enough to receive everything,and every single part of you,just as it is,rejecting nothing,adjusting nothing.Whatever is fully received in this Mirroris by that very fact 'redeemed.'God always sees and loves God in you.It seems like God has no choice.This is God's eternal and unilateral contract with the soul." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scripture1 John 4:16 (NIV)And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.God is love.Whoever lives in love lives in God,and God in them.RefrainI am known in relationship and held in love.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"If that mirror is withdrawn for any reason,it causes sadness, emptiness, or even anger.We are normally disoriented,even heartbroken for a while.We die in some way. But why?Because we only know ourselves in another's eyes.We receive our identity — all of it — good and bad,from another.The other both creates us and saves us.The universe is relational at every level,and even between levels.Relationship is the core and foundational shape of Reality." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureGenesis 1:27 (NIV)So God created mankind in his own image,in the image of God he created them;male and female he created them.RefrainIn God's gaze, I come alive.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"When we learn to love anyone or anything,it is because they have somehow,if just for a moment,mirrored us truthfully yet compassionately to ourselves.And we grab on to it! Why wouldn't we?In this resonance, we literally 'come to life.'But have no doubt, it is an allowing from our side.And such pure, unfiltered Presenceis accessed only by presence in return.Nothing more is needed." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scripture1 Corinthians 13:12 (NIV)For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror;we see only a part,but then we shall see face to face.Now I know in part;then I shall know fully,even as I am fully known.RefrainGod sees me clearly and loves what God sees.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"A mirror receives and reflects back what it sees.It does not judge, adjust, or write commentary.We are the ones who do that.A mirror simply reveals.And invites responsibility.A mirror, the sun, and God are all the same.They are all there, fully shining forth.Their very nature is light, love, and infinite giving.You can't offend them or make them stop shining.You can only choose to stop receiving and enjoying.As soon as you look, you will see they are there.And fully radiating.And always have been." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureColossians 1:16–17 (NIV)For in him all things were created:things in heaven and on earth,visible and invisible,whether thrones or powersor rulers or authorities;all things have been created through him and for him.He is before all things,and in him all things hold together.RefrainI am a willing traveler in something larger than myself.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"That the way things workand Christ are one and the same.This is not a religionto be either fervently joined or angrily rejected.It is a train ride already in motion.The tracks are visible everywhere.You can be a willing and happy traveler,or not." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureRomans 8:22 (NIV)We know that the whole creationhas been groaningas in the pains of childbirthright up to the present time.RefrainThe pattern of death and rising is everywhere.QuotePierre Teilhard de Chardin, from How I Believe"I believe the universe is an evolution;I believe evolution proceeds towards spirit;I believe spirit, in human beings,completes itself in the personal;I believe the supreme personalis the Universal Christ." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureJohn 12:24 (NIV)"Very truly I tell you,unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies,it remains only a single seed.But if it dies,it produces many seeds."RefrainIn letting go, I find what truly lives.QuoteC.S. Lewis, from Mere Christianity"The more we let God take us over,the more truly ourselves we become —because He made us. He invented us.He invented all the different peoplethat you and I were intended to be.It is when I turn to Christ,when I give up myself to His personality,that I first begin to have a real personality of my own." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScripturePhilippians 1:21 (NIV)For to me, to live is Christand to die is gain.RefrainJesus is the path. I choose to follow.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"If Christ represents the resurrected state,then Jesus represents the crucified/resurrecting pathof getting there.If Christ is the source and goal,then Jesus is the pathfrom that sourcetoward the goal of divine unitywith all things." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureMatthew 5:3 (NIV)"Blessed are the poor in spirit,for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."RefrainThe way down is the way in.QuoteFrancis of Assisi, from The Peace Prayer"O divine Master,grant that I may not so much seekto be consoled as to console,to be understood as to understand,to be loved as to love.For it is in giving that we receive,it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,and it is in dyingthat we are born to eternal life.Amen." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureJames 2:17 (NIV)In the same way,faith by itself,if it is not accompanied by action,is dead.RefrainMy faith is alive when it is lived.QuoteHoward Thurman, from Jesus and the Disinherited"The religion of Jesus says to the disinherited:'Love your enemy.Take the initiative in seeking ways by which you can have the experienceof a common sharing of mutual worth and value.It may be hazardous,but you must do it.'" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureColossians 1:17 (NIV)He is before all things,and in him all things hold together.RefrainI am awake to God in all things.QuoteMechtild of Magdeburg, from The Flowing Light of the Godhead"The day of my spiritual awakeningwas the day I saw —and knew I saw —all things in Godand God in all things." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureExodus 3:5 (NIV)"Do not come any closer," God said."Take off your sandals,for the place where you are standingis holy ground."RefrainGod comes to me disguised as my life.QuoteThich Nhat Hanh, from The Miracle of Mindfulness"Wash the dishes relaxingly,as though each bowl is an object of contemplation.Consider each bowl as sacred.Follow your breath to prevent your mind from straying.Do not try to hurry to get the job over with.Consider washing the dishes the most important thing in life.Washing the dishes is meditation.If you cannot wash the dishes in mindfulness,neither can you meditate while sitting in silence." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureRomans 5:3–5 (NIV)We also glory in our sufferings,because we know that suffering produces perseverance;perseverance, character;and character, hope.And hope does not put us to shame,because God's love has been poured out into our heartsthrough the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.RefrainLove and suffering are teaching me.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"In the practical order of life,if we have never loved deeply or suffered deeply,we are unable to understand spiritual things at any depth.Any healthy and true religion is teaching youhow to deal with suffering and how to deal with love.And if you allow this process with sincerity,you will soon recognizethat it is actually love and sufferingthat are dealing with you." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scripture1 Corinthians 2:14 (NIV)The person without the Spiritdoes not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God,but considers them foolishness,and cannot understand thembecause they are discerned only through the Spirit.RefrainI am learning to see with new eyes.QuoteThomas Merton, from New Seeds of Contemplation"Contemplation is the highest expressionof man's intellectual and spiritual life.It is that life itself,fully awake, fully active,fully aware that it is alive.It is spiritual wonder.It is spontaneous aweat the sacredness of life, of being." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureJohn 20:18 (NIV)Mary Magdalene went to the discipleswith the news:"I have seen the Lord!"And she told themthat he had said these things to her.RefrainAttention is the beginning of devotionQuoteMary Oliver, from Sometimes"Instructions for living a life:Pay attention.Be astonished.Tell about it." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureJohn 20:1–2 (NIV)Early on the first day of the week,while it was still dark,Mary Magdalene went to the tomband saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.So she came running to Simon Peterand the other disciple, the one Jesus loved,and said,"They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,and we don't know where they have put him!"RefrainLove is the path and love is the guide.QuoteDante, from Paradiso, Canto 33trans. Allen Mandelbaum"But already my desire and my willwere being turned like a wheel, all at one speed,by the Love that moves the sun and the other stars." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John 20:17 (NIV)Jesus said,"Do not hold on to me,for I have not yet ascended to the Father.Go instead to my brothers and tell them,'I am ascending to my Father and your Father,to my God and your God.'"RefrainI release what was to receive what is.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"Jesus of Nazareth, an individual man,has become Christ, the Corporate Personality.We used to know him primarily by outer observation,but now we know him primarily by interior exchange.Which is how we all know Christ,and is commonly called 'prayer.'" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureJohn 20:29 (NIV)Then Jesus told him,"Because you have seen me, you have believed;blessed are those who have not seenand yet have believed."RefrainI know God from the inside out.QuoteThomas Merton, from Thoughts in Solitude"The only true joy on earthis to escape from the prison of our own false self,and enter by love into unionwith the Life who dwells and singswithin the essence of every creatureand in the core of our own souls." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureJohn 20:15–16 (NIV)He asked her,"Woman, why are you crying?Who is it you are looking for?"Thinking he was the gardener,she said,"Sir, if you have carried him away,tell me where you have put him,and I will get him."Jesus said to her, "Mary."She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic,"Rabboni!" (which means "Teacher").RefrainLove speaks my name and I am found.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"Like Mary, we must somehow hear our name pronounced,must hear ourselves being addressed and regarded by Love,before we can recognize this Christ in our midst." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureLuke 2:10 (NIV)But the angel said to them,"Do not be afraid.I bring you good newsthat will cause great joyfor all the people."RefrainThe Gospel is good news for all the people.QuoteJurgen Moltmann, from Theology of Hope"From first to last,and not merely in the epilogue,Christianity is eschatology, is hope,forward movingand therefore also revolutionising the present." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureLuke 6:38 (NIV)"Give, and it will be given to you.A good measure,pressed down, shaken togetherand running over,will be poured into your lap.For with the measure you use,it will be measured to you."RefrainI cannot be separated from the pattern of love.QuoteGregory Palamas"God revealed the Christ in Jesusso that humanity could never be separatedfrom the pattern that he portrayed." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.