The soul has been given its own ears to hear things the mind does not understand.
03638 – Ears and Mind
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03632 – What Love Looks Like
What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks...
03341 – Plant Good Seeds
On your best and worst days, plant good seeds. The tiny unsuspecting seed you plant today... an encouraging word, a kind deed, a listening ear ...may be the seed that hits fertile soil, gestates, and thrives beyond your expectation.
02912 – The Joy of Making Music
Once you've sung in a choir, or played in a band or orchestra, or played in any music ensemble, you're never the same again. Your ears, your eyes, and your heart are opened up in ways not possible by any other means. Music feeds us, it nourishes us, and it brings us...
02686 – Christ, with Me
Christ, be with me,Christ before me,Christ behind me,Christ in me, Christ beneath me,Christ above me,Christ on my right, Christ on my left,Christ where I lie,Christ where I sit, Christ where I arise,Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me,Christ in the mouth...
02672 – “Stay”
You cannot know it now,cannot even imaginewhat lies ahead,but I tell youthe day is comingwhen breath willfill your lungsas it never has before,and with your own earsyou will hear wordscoming to you newand startling.You will dream dreamsand you will see the worldablaze...
02419 – When You Listen, If You Listen
When you listen you reachinto dark corners andpull out your wonders.When you listen yourideas come in and outlike they were waiting in line.Your ears don’t always listen.It can be your brain, yourfingers, your toes.You can listen anywhere.Your mind might not want to...
01784 – Right Now We are Okay
Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvelously. Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky. Our ears...
00909 – Singing Truth
I wept at the beauty of your hymns and canticles, and was powerfully moved at the sweet sound of your Church singing. These sounds flowed into my ears, and the truth streamed into my heart. from Confessions, IX
00311 – Advent: Season of Waiting
Seasons of waiting are seasons of contemplation—of quietness and resting in God, of letting go, of self-yielding. They are times when we watch and listen with the eyes and ears of our heart. Advent, more than any other liturgical season, is about this kind of...