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Archive for the Keeping low Category
on moods, Advent and keeping holy days
Wednesday, December 24, 2008 by Jay T.
I’ve been out of sorts. Prayer has been pretty dry and perfunctory. Journal writing and blogging have not been happening. I was concerned about it. I’m less so, since I realized it’s been Advent.
For me that’s long been a time of reflection and introspection. In that season, I’ve often listened to Gregorian chants and appreciated their haunting polyphonies. Perhaps due to my memories of O Come, Emmanuel, they speak to me of desires for fulfillment, held for generations in anticipation of something more: enlightenment, world peace, the coming (first, second or third) of a savior.
I’m not so concerned since I remembered I often feel this way at this time of year. It’s part of the long slide to the winter solstice, which promises celebration after. From that cycle, I gain more awareness and understanding of the natural and spiritual realities of life. Read the rest of this entry »
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on Forgiveness
Saturday, October 6, 2007 by Jay T.
Personal forgiveness has seemed fallacious to me. To say “I forgive you” is to put myself above you, so why do that? It’s also very cheap. It costs me nothing to forgive. So why would it be worth doing? It was opened to me today, on reading Mark 11:25 (Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.), that forgiving someone benefits me, even if it doesn’t benefit her. Read the rest of this entry »
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