Posts

IF by Rudyard Kipling

-
Overall, it can be summarised as - Kipling's "If" serves as a guide to living a principled and fulfilled life, offering advice on how to face challenges, make sound judgments, and maintain one's integrity in the face of adversity. IF - Rudyard Kipling  AUDIO https://www.poetryfoundation.org/play/77063#:~:text=00%3A01,02%3A05 If you can keep your head when all about you     Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,    If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,  But make allowance for their doubting too;    If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,  Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,  And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise: If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;     If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;    If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster  And treat those two impostors just the same;    If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken  Twisted by knaves to make a t
Post a Comment
Read more

WORKS OF MERCY 🙏 🙏

-
Image
Works of Mercy Reflection . Can you think of a time when someone did something kind or helpful for you? Maybe they paid for a meal when you were short-changed or made you chicken noodle soup when you were sick. Perhaps it was offering prayers for you or a loved one in a difficult season of life. The smallest, simplest gestures can have profound effects. As followers of Christ, we are called to serve those in need. But it isn’t always easy to serve others, especially when the people that we serve don’t seem to appreciate our help or reciprocate with any kindness themselves. Of course, we aren’t called to serve others when it is easy or even when it makes us feel good about ourselves. Christ gave of himself even though we didn’t earn it or deserve it. When that truth dwells in our hearts, “love can also blossom as a response within us” ( Deus caritas est , no. 17). When you have experienced the grace of God, you want to show the grace of God. When you have received mercy, you desire to
Post a Comment
Read more

People of the Way

-
 
Post a Comment
Read more