Quote of the day, 28 October: Jessica Powers

The saints and mystics
had a name
for that deep
inwardness of flame,
the height or depth
or ground or goal
Which is God’s dwelling
in the soul.

Not capax Dei
do you say;
nor yet
scintilla animae
nor synderesis—
all are fair—
but heaven,
because God is there.

All day and when
you wake at night
think of that place
of living light,
yours and within you
and aglow
where only God
and you can go.

None can assail you
in that place
save your own evil,
routing grace.
Not even angels
see or hear,
nor the dark spirits
prowling near.

But there are days
when watching eyes
could guess that you
hold Paradise.
Sometimes the shining
overflows
and everyone
around you knows.

Sister Miriam of the Holy Spirit, OCD (Jessica Powers)

For a Child of God (1953)

Powers, J 1999, The Selected Poetry of Jessica Powers, ICS Publications, Washington DC.

Featured image: Jude Beck / Unsplash (Stock photo)

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Richard Rogers, English Puritan, writes on Christian duty. We manifest Christ’s love to neighbor by pitying their miseries, as Christ did. The neighbor’s greater calamity should speed our aid make us ease their pain as much as is possible in us.

Today, the greater the calamity, we’re told, the greater the need to wash hands, not to reinforce bad choices, and to wall the sufferer off from us.

How can you manifest Christ’s love?

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We often chase status and worth, forgetting the beauty in being small. This reflection, originally written in October 2022, is a gentle reminder that our true identity is not found in applause or achievements, but in Christ alone. I invite you to read and rest in the truth of being significantly insignificant—deeply loved, held, and chosen.
#FaithOverFear #ChildOfGod #ChristianReflection #GraceAndTruth #SignificantlyInsignificant #IdentityInChrist #SpiritualGrowth…

http://fabricthatmademe.com/2025/04/20/my-insignificance/

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https://connectusfund.org/matthew-18-3-meaning-of-verse-and-simple-commentary

4 types of healing ✨

https://youtu.be/-wQDvIF3XRw?si=_My4CLgsS6jRed9-

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