Signposts » Southeast http://signposts.cowpi.com Words pointing… Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:22:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 When you come to the end of all the light you know… http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/when-you-come-to-the-end-of-all-the-light-you-know http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/when-you-come-to-the-end-of-all-the-light-you-know#comments Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:54:36 +0000 CowPi http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/when-you-come-to-the-end-of-all-the-light-you-know When you come to the end of all the light you know, and it’s time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: Either you will be given something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly.

— Edward Teller  <link>

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Look for delusion and truth in the bottom of your own hearts.

— Ryokan  <link>

]]> http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/why-do-you-so-earnestly-seek-the-truth-in/feed 0 It is in the darkness that one finds the light… http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/it-is-in-the-darkness-that-one-finds-the-light http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/it-is-in-the-darkness-that-one-finds-the-light#comments Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:45:10 +0000 CowPi http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/it-is-in-the-darkness-that-one-finds-the-light Truly, it is in the darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.

— Meister Eckhart  <link>

]]> http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/it-is-in-the-darkness-that-one-finds-the-light/feed 0 The classic human problem… http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/the-classic-human-problem http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/the-classic-human-problem#comments Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:41:18 +0000 CowPi http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/the-classic-human-problem The classic human problem: sinners tend to sin in response to being sinned against.

— Author unknown  <link>

]]> http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/the-classic-human-problem/feed 0 I do not understand the mystery of grace… http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/i-do-not-understand-the-mystery-of-grace http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/i-do-not-understand-the-mystery-of-grace#comments Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:37:28 +0000 CowPi http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/i-do-not-understand-the-mystery-of-grace I do not understand the mystery of grace—only that it meets us where we are, but does not leave us where it found us.

— Anne Lamott  <link>

]]> http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/i-do-not-understand-the-mystery-of-grace/feed 0 By drawing close to others through… http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/by-drawing-close-to-others-through http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/by-drawing-close-to-others-through#comments Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:33:17 +0000 CowPi http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/by-drawing-close-to-others-through By drawing close to others through almsgiving, we draw close to God.

— Pope Benedict XVI  <link>

]]> http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/by-drawing-close-to-others-through/feed 0 The questions of why bad things happen to good people… http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/the-questions-of-why-bad-things-happen-to-good-people http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/the-questions-of-why-bad-things-happen-to-good-people#comments Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:27:56 +0000 CowPi http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/the-questions-of-why-bad-things-happen-to-good-people In the final analysis, the questions of why bad things happen to good people transmutes itself into some very different questions, no longer asking why something happened, but asking how we will respond, what we intend to do now that it happened.

— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin  <link>

]]> http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/the-questions-of-why-bad-things-happen-to-good-people/feed 0 We are the mother of Christ when… http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/we-are-the-mother-of-christ-when http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/we-are-the-mother-of-christ-when#comments Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:30:27 +0000 CowPi http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/we-are-the-mother-of-christ-when We are the mother of Christ when we carry him in our heart and body by love and a pure and sincere conscience. And we give birth to him through our holy works which ought to shine to others by our example.

— St. Francis of Assisi  <link>

]]> http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/we-are-the-mother-of-christ-when/feed 0 My soul breathes… http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/my-soul-breathes http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/my-soul-breathes#comments Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:25:52 +0000 CowPi http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/my-soul-breathes My soul breathes only in thy infinite soul;
I breathe, I think, I love, I live but thee.

— George MacDonald, Diary of an Old Soul  <link>

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— Euripides  <link>

]]> http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/there-is-in-the-worst-of-fortune/feed 0 O wondrous exchange… http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/o-wondrous-exchange http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/o-wondrous-exchange#comments Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:32:56 +0000 CowPi http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/o-wondrous-exchange O wondrous exchange, eternal life is promised to us by the humility of the Lord, who bowed himself down to our pride.

— St. Augustine, Confessions  <link>

]]> http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/o-wondrous-exchange/feed 0 From within or from behind… http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/from-within-or-from-behind http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/from-within-or-from-behind#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:24:23 +0000 CowPi http://signposts.cowpi.com/southeast/from-within-or-from-behind From within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things and makes us aware that we are nothing, but the light is all.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson  <link>

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