Day: September 25, 2016

Keening: Go ahead and cry out

Sometimes we humans need to pull out all the stops and let out a great huge cry. A friend told me recently about keening. Some ancient Christian Celtic monasteries would have a room set aside for keening. Women from the surrounding area would go there to wail. Women would weep for the dead, weep for injustice and weep for mothers of dead children in the village, weep for their own griefs of loss and betrayal.

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Speaking to the Soul: Eyes to See

Do not overlook these areas of extreme poverty in yourself or in others. Ask God to give you eyes to see the poor in your community, ears to hear the cries of poverty in your own heart.

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