Paul's Epistle to the Buddhists

Lies are as valuable as truths.

https://rustyring.blogspot.com/2026/04/pauls-epistle-to-buddhists.html

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Paul's Epistle to the Buddhists

Lies are as valuable as truths.

https://rustyring.blogspot.com/2026/04/pauls-epistle-to-buddhists.html

#Buddha, #Buddhism, #Christ, #Christianity, #GreatHeartofWisdomSutra, #hermitpractice, #scripture, #StPaul, #sutra, #Zen

Went to a fun, free #Brazilian #music #show at the #LandmarkCenter in downtown #StPaul #Minnesota this morning and then had lunch at #LittleBrazil nearby. The brazilian Clea Galhano was really great on the recorder.

https://www.landmarkcenter.org/event/schubert-club-familyjam-alma-brasileira-2/

#architecture #streetphotography #building #photo #brasil

Quote of the day, 19 April: St. Teresa of Avila

We always find that those who walked closest to Christ Our Lord were those who had to bear the greatest trials.

Consider the trials suffered by His glorious Mother and by the glorious Apostles. How do you suppose Saint Paul could endure such terrible trials? We can see in his life the effects of genuine visions and of contemplation coming from Our Lord and not from human imagination or from the deceit of the devil. Do you imagine that he shut himself up with his visions so as to enjoy those Divine favours and pursue no other occupation? You know very well that, so far as we can learn, he took not a day’s rest, nor can he have rested by night, since it was then that he had to earn his living [cf. 1 Thess 2:9].

I am very fond of the story of how, when Saint Peter was fleeing from prison, Our Lord appeared to him and told him to go back to Rome and be crucified. We never recite the Office on his festival, in which this story is found, without my deriving a special consolation from it. How did Saint Peter feel after receiving this favour from the Lord? And what did he do? He went straight to his death; and the Lord showed him no small mercy in providing someone to kill him.

Saint Teresa of Avila

The Interior Castle, VII.4

Note: In the old Carmelite Breviary, which St. Teresa would have used, the Antiphon of the Magnificat at First Vespers on June 29 runs: “The Blessed Apostle Peter saw Christ coming to meet him. Adoring Him, he said: ‘Lord, whither goest Thou?’ ‘I am going to Rome to be crucified afresh.'” The story has it that St. Peter returned to Rome and was crucified.

John of the Cross, St; de Santa Teresa, S; Peers, E 1934–1935, The complete works of Saint John of the Cross, doctor of the Church, translated from the Spanish by Peers, E, Burns Oates & Washbourne, London.

Featured image: The Domine Quo Vadis window in Saint Alban’s Cathedral, Hertfordshire. Image credit: Father James Bradley / Flickr (Some rights reserved).

☀️ 76 F / 24 C yesterday so I did a few laps (16km) around the lake

🔗 https://www.strava.com/activities/18137095282

#CyclingPhotos #CyclingShots #Cycling #eBike #ElectricBike #Outdoors #Minnesota #StPaul #SaintPaul #TwinCities #MSP #Strava #StravaCycling #Bike #Ride #MTB #eBikeAdventures #ComoPark

Paul's Epistle to the Buddhists

Lies are as valuable as truths.

https://rustyring.blogspot.com/2026/04/pauls-epistle-to-buddhists.html

#Buddha, #Buddhism, #Christ, #Christianity, #GreatHeartofWisdomSutra, #hermitpractice, #scripture, #StPaul, #sutra, #Zen