
Sunrise on Sabbath
A reflection chosen especially for justice workers. Hold onto the mystery and stay awake.
An exchange between a master and a disciple...
Student: Is there anything I can do to make myself Enlightened?
Master: As little as you can do to make the sun rise in the morning.
Student: Then of what use are the spiritual exercises you prescribe?
Master: To make sure you are not asleep when the sun begins to rise.
Anthony DeMello in Kathleen Dowling Singh's The Grace in Dying, A Message of Hope, Comfort and Spiritual Transformation
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Jesus: I am going over there to pray. You sit here while I’m at prayer.
37 Then He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with Him, and He grew sorrowful and deeply distressed.
Jesus: 38 My soul is overwhelmed with grief, to the point of death. Stay here and k...