Openings … My Heart is Sore

 

Today, if you woke with a pain in your heart,

save it for another suffering more than you,

surely there are others who need to feel the closeness of God.

More than me, who knows Him well.

 

“Turn to the Lord in your need, and you will live.”

The Gospel of Matthew

Openings … Poem on “A Common Word Between You and Us”

 

One of my dearest friends is a Muslim,

He loves God as I do,

He loves his neighbor as I do,

“Love is God” are words of bond between us …

                  all we have to do is practice them.

 

 

“You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, …
and your neighbor as yourself.”

Gospel of Luke

OPENINGS … THE FACE OF GOD

 

As we look at each person we meet today,

Turn on the movie camera, record each moment, each movement, each word spoken to you.

Don’t respond to all with reactions today, or immediately, and reflect on what you have recorded,

Then respond, with love and awakening from your spirit within.

and you will see the Face of God.

“At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them
because they were troubled and abandoned,
like sheep without a shepherd.”