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Tag Archives: mature spirituality

Ripening with Age: Weekly Summary

As we grow old we realize that, in all we have been through, Love has been using us for its own purposes. Continue Reading Ripening with Age: Weekly Summary

Becoming a Grand Parent

The soul of the grand parent embraces the death of the ego and affirms the life of God in itself and others. Continue Reading Becoming a Grand Parent

A Windfall of Delight

We know that our inevitable passing away is not the end of our ripened and transformed life. Continue Reading A Windfall of Delight

A Noble Task

To live a life of an elder involves ripening into clear-eyed acceptance of the way things actually exist. Continue Reading A Noble Task

What Kind of Person Are We Becoming?

The last period of life is meant to free us to mature even more. Continue Reading What Kind of Person Are We Becoming?

The Second Journey

What looks like falling can largely be experienced as falling upward and onward, into a broader and deeper world. Continue Reading The Second Journey

A Ripening Mind and Heart

The horizon of old age seems to be a plan that God has prepared as inevitable and part of the necessary school of life. Continue Reading A Ripening Mind and Heart

A Change of Consciousness

Contemplative, nondual thinking makes love, forgiveness, and patience possible. Continue Reading A Change of Consciousness

From Me to We

Once God and grace move us to the second half of life, religion becomes much more a mystical matter. Continue Reading From Me to We

Finding Ourselves in God

Images of God Finding Ourselves in God Monday, November 29, 2021 Father Richard reminds us that we are created in the image and likeness of God, which offers us a solid foundation from which we can operate in the world. The biblical creation story says, “Let us make humans in our image” (Genesis 1:26). The… Continue Reading Finding Ourselves in God

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