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Wage Peace

September 21, 2017 by Bob Burnham in Pilgrimage

If I want to be patient, I need to learn how to make peace. If I want to know how to make peace, I need to practice patience.

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September 21, 2017 /Bob Burnham
International Peace Day, patience, peace, metta meditation
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Happy Rosh Hashanah!

September 20, 2017 by Bob Burnham in Loving Knowledge

This meditation might help you have a good and sweet new year. Happy Rosh Hashanah!

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September 20, 2017 /Bob Burnham
examen, Rosh Hashanah
Loving Knowledge
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Everything Changes

September 19, 2017 by Bob Burnham in Freedom

When we recognize that everything changes- and that nothing is permanent, then it's easy to be patient. 

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September 19, 2017 /Bob Burnham
Ecclesiastes 1:2, Ecclesiastes 1:4-7, Psalm 144:4, transience, impermanence, mindfulness meditation, patience
Freedom
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A Duck, a Saint, and Patience

September 18, 2017 by Bob Burnham in Surrender

Patience can only be found when we respond to frustration with love, mercy, and compassion. 

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September 18, 2017 /Bob Burnham
St. Francis of Assisi, Daffy Duck, patience, examen
Surrender
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The Stigmata of St. Francis

September 17, 2017 by Bob Burnham in Surrender

Our wounds are marks of holiness.

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September 17, 2017 /Bob Burnham
St. Francis of Assisi, vulnerability, meditation
Surrender
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Hallowed Be Thy Name

September 16, 2017 by Bob Burnham in Freedom

St. Ignatius of Loyola taught that we can find God in all things. That means I can find God in an Iron Maiden song. Here's how.

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September 16, 2017 /Bob Burnham
Iron Maiden, Heavy Metal, Ignatian contemplation, suffering, Buddhism, Agony in the Garden
Freedom
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Our Lady of Sorrows

September 15, 2017 by Bob Burnham in Hospitality

Compassion is an act of hospitality. How do you welcome another person's pain and suffering?

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September 15, 2017 /Bob Burnham
Blessed Virgin Mary, sorrow, St. Bernard, John 19:25-27, Luke 2:34-35, metta meditation, Our Lady of Sorrows, Ignatian contemplation
Hospitality
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Welcome Mat

September 14, 2017 by Bob Burnham in Hospitality

Do we welcome others as God welcomes us?

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September 14, 2017 /Bob Burnham
Hospitality
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Morning Mindfulness

September 13, 2017 by Bob Burnham in Freedom

Today's practice in mindfulness will help free you from thoughts, opinions, and ideas that prevent you from showing love, mercy, and compassion toward others.

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September 13, 2017 /Bob Burnham
mindfulness meditation
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Wrath and Mercy

September 12, 2017 by Bob Burnham in Loving Knowledge

Today's difficult meditation asks you to examine whether you would prefer to be an agent of God's wrath or God's mercy.

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September 12, 2017 /Bob Burnham
Omid Safi, wrath, mercy, Islam
Loving Knowledge
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That Was Weird

September 11, 2017 by Bob Burnham in Pilgrimage

Our spiritual journeys will lead us to some strange places. These places are the most sacred.

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September 11, 2017 /Bob Burnham
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, strange, weird
Pilgrimage
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In Harms Way

September 10, 2017 by Bob Burnham in Loving Knowledge

The purpose of meditation is to help us extend love, kindness, and compassion to all people, especially those in harms way.

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September 10, 2017 /Bob Burnham
Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Harvey, American Red Cross, loving kindness
Loving Knowledge
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An Open Heart

September 09, 2017 by Bob Burnham in Hospitality

St. Peter Claver teaches me that love calls me to welcome others as they are, regardless of my feelings toward them.

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September 09, 2017 /Bob Burnham
St. Peter Claver
Hospitality
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A Walk in Freedom

September 08, 2017 by Bob Burnham in Freedom

Meditation is not always stationary. Today's meditation is an exercise!

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September 08, 2017 /Bob Burnham
walking meditation, Thich Nhat Hanh
Freedom
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DACA, Discernment, and the Kingdom of Heaven

September 07, 2017 by Bob Burnham in Surrender

Our response to DACA reveals more about our image of God and the Kingdom of Heaven than we might think.

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September 07, 2017 /Bob Burnham
discernment, DACA, James Martin S.J.
Surrender
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Blessings

September 06, 2017 by Bob Burnham in Loving Knowledge

The question is not what you do with your blessings. The question is how do your blessings lead you to love?

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September 06, 2017 /Bob Burnham
blessings, Psalm 67
Loving Knowledge
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