At such a time of urgent need and unique opportunity, we must do more than offer quiet prayers, . . We must join in the costly, active work to make those prayers reality.
Stripping worship back to the bare essentials. Less IS more.
It is thought to be a success. The city of Munich was full of crowds of young people wearing orange scarves, praying, singing, and yes— having a great time . . . One thing that was different from any comparable ecumenical event in America is the way “hot topics” were featured — nothing watered down.
The Dalai Lama spoke of his sadness that the image of Islam is all violence. This was not his experience with Muslims or his understanding of their faith and he was especially concerned about the isolation this image was causing.
I did not come easily to the decision of not attending on Saturday. But the truth is, Mary and Diane had plenty of bishops to get the job done, and my hands were not needed there on May 15th. They were needed to reach other places and so I did.
“Our motto is we are located where heaven and earth meet and where the wind always blows”
It is, however, when we turn to his educational treatises that we are most struck with the sound philosophy and almost modern psychology of his teaching. Alcuin is never the mere crammer, but always the true teacher. “We need,” he makes his pupils say, in the introduction to his Treatise on Grammar, “to be instructed slowly,
Simone Weil reminds us that the first principle of helping another is not action. It is to see and respect the other. She repeatedly notes that the greater the suffering of the other person, the harder it is truly to see and hear that person. We have to work at this kind of discipline so as to be fully present to the other.