FaithfullyThereThe Prodigal Son: Redemption and Forgiveness
Discover the powerful lesson of forgiveness in the story of the Prodigal Son. A tale of redemption and unconditional love. #BibleStories #Forgiveness #Faith #Redemption #Inspiration
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Carmelite QuotesQuote of the day, 30 December: François de Sainte-Marie, OCD
If Christ and the Virgin unite souls closely to themselves, it is in order to continue their earthly mission until the end of time. Since they can no longer accomplish it by themselves, from on high they make use of Christians as “super-added humanity,” who complete in their own flesh what still remains to be fulfilled in the redemption of the world.
Jesus continues to be born, to grow, and to die in the course of history, according to the very rhythm of the liturgical year, which takes up and gives voice to all the aspirations, the sufferings, the joys, and all the love of his own. And the Virgin, beside her Son, continues her watch of love through the souls who are devoted to her.
While heaven and earth wear out like a garment, the attitudes she bears in her heart toward Christ do not grow old. They endure across the generations, retaining all their freshness. “May the soul of Mary be in each of us, to glorify the Lord within us; may the spirit of Mary be in each of us, to rejoice in God,” Saint Ambrose said long ago.
This presence of the Virgin within the soul has its demands. We come to resonate with her interior attitudes and to perceive her most delicate promptings only insofar as we have made ourselves wholly available to God and have let go of ourselves in the evangelical sense. For it is not a matter of adopting a role while clinging to our own self: we are called instead to be transformed in Christ by Love.
A true Marian devotion, therefore, has nothing sentimental or fictitious about it. It is terribly stripped down, as the Virgin herself was. It is not enough for us to speak; we must act. Above all, we must allow ourselves to be acted upon. The perfect abandonment by which the Virgin lived is what she asks of the souls she loves.
She often seems to say to us, as Christ said to Peter: “What I am doing you cannot understand now” (Jn 13:7). For she asks of us not so much understanding as a quiet assent. Perhaps even to impress upon us more deeply the truth that we are “unprofitable servants,” she may appear to draw us to herself and then leave us according to her will.
It is therefore through abandonment that we come to share in the deepest attitudes of our Mother, the “handmaid of the Lord,” who, by giving herself entirely to Love, received Love in its fullness and became among human beings its inexhaustible source.
François de Sainte-Marie, O.C.D.
Visage de la Vierge (Face of the Virgin)
Note: Father François de Sainte-Marie was a prolific French Discalced Carmelite author and editor of the mid-20th century. He is best known for his tireless efforts to publish the critical edition of the autobiographical manuscripts of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux in 1957, which we commonly refer to as Story of a Soul.
de Sainte-Marie, F 1948, Visage de la Vierge, translated from the French by Carmelite Quotes, Librairie du Carmel, Paris.
Translation from the French text is the blogger’s own work product and may not be reproduced without permission.
Featured image: Detail from the Virgin of the Annunciation, a sculpture carved from limestone in Paris ca. 1300-1310. Traces of paint can still be seen on the sculpture. The sculpture’s modest dimensions (16 11/16 × 11 5/8 × 7 3/8 in., 34 lb.) permit the delicate features of the sculpture to be clearly seen. Image credit: Metropolitan Museum of Art (Public domain).
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Kevin C 🎬This is cheapest feature-length edit.
The part two season premier picks up at least 2 weeks after week one, and yet the feature length edit cuts right from the end of one episode to the other with no indication that the battle scene is taking place much later after Sela's reveal. 🤦♂️
"You have manipulated the circumstances with the skill of a #Romulan. My decision will be announced at high sun tomorrow. Excellent tea." - #Picard to the Duros sisters.
I don't think of this as one of my favorite episodes, but damn, as a two parter stitched into one movie, it moves SO much faster than political dramas usually do. 😆
damian entwistleNo poem today.
Instead, I narrate -
'The Selfish Giant', by Oscar Wilde.
You'll need about 15 minutes, and a cup of tea (optional)
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ScrollBots.comKhaled, Stephen, and Cheng discussed #forgiveness and #redemption, with Khaled focusing on letting go of past pain, Stephen emphasizing that shadows are layers of experience that can hold light, and Cheng highlighting the shifting nature of darkness a
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