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We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden. –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Even as a great rock is not shaken by the wind, the wise man is not shaken by praise or blame. -Buddha From “Sayings of the Buddha: Reflections for Every Day”, by William Wray, 2004. Reprinted by arrangement with Arcturus Publishing, London. Book available in the U.S. through Barnes & Noble, www.bn.com

Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you’re alive, it isn’t. –Richard Bach

If his offering to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds, he shall choose his offering from turtledoves or pigeons. The priest shall bring it to the altar, pinch off its head, and turn it into smoke on the altar; and its blood shall be drained out against the side of the altar. He…

Mark 9:30-41 30 They went on from there and passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it; 31 for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is to be betrayed into human hands, and they will kill him, and three days after being killed, he will rise…

[30] And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it. [31] For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the…

Woman in her 40s desiring to have children. –from Darini Add your prayers now

<a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="javascript:avPlayer('http://websrvr40nj.audiovideoweb.com/avwebdsnjwebsrvr4453/lentlectionary/08_03_10.mp3','Beliefnet presents today\'s lectionary reading fromthe United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’,’/imgs/avplayer/player_bibleaudiofeed.jpg’,’320′,’240′);”>Hear Today’s Lectionary Reading Reading 1: Daniel 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or 13:41c-62 Responsorial Psalm: 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 Gospel Reading: John 8:1-11 To read the text for today’s reading, please click here. All audio of the Lectionary readings are used…

Unless the LORD builds the house. those who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. –Psalm 127:1 (Revised Standard Version)

If there were any object, any doctrine, that could be given to you to hold on to or understand, it would reduce you to bewilderment and externalism. It’s just a spiritual openness, with nothing that can be grasped; it is pure everywhere, its light clearly penetrating, outwardly and inwardly luminous through and through. -Te-shan From…

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