Living Grace

Monday: In the yogic tradition, a sutra literally translates as the word thread. Sutras are  threads of truth spoken by a saint or sage from a state of God Consciousness. When they are contemplated in prayer and meditation, they have the power to purify...

In order for Karma Yoga to be truly Karma Yoga, it has to be rooted in a spirit of non-attachment. This means that we give of ourselves without any expectation of receiving and that we are not attached to the outcome of our service. To the degree that we want things...

Jesus told us, “Be in the world, but not of the world.” He said this because most often the world’s logic is not the logic of God. In fact, God’s logic is utter folly to the world. Jesus tells us, “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you… do not worry...

Rightly understood, beauty is a transformative force which saves us from the quicksand of a mundane existence and takes us out of the reactive mind. Beauty expands our minds and opens our hearts; it dissolves meanness. As the antidote to despair and cynicism, beauty...

Franciscan spirituality sees all of creation as a scripture of sorts. Saint Bonaventure told us that God’s footprints permeate every speck of creation. We see these footprints in the intelligence that guides the evolutionary process, in the structural similarities...

We all love the experience of love. We live for love and will do almost anything for it. The poet Sir Walter Scott tells us, “Love rules the court, the camp, the grove/ The men below and saints above/ For love is heaven and heaven is love.” God is a mystery, but a...