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The law of love governs the world

Mahatma Gandhi | April 2021 (Vol. XXXIV, No. 4)

The law of love governs the world. Life persists in the face of death. The universe continues in spite of destruction going on. Truth triumphs over untruth. Love conquers hate.

~ Mahatma Gandhi from PEACE: THE WORDS AND INSPIRATION OF MAHATMA GANDHI

Be silent

Rumi | April 2021 (Vol. XXXIV, No. 4)
Be silent,
Only the hand of God can remove
The burdens of your heart.
~ Rumi

For a Brief Moment

Joyce Rupp | April 2021 (Vol. XXXIV, No. 4)

for a brief moment early spring rain ceases,
the sun breaks through
grey sky...

threads of gold
thin enough to pierce the forest,
glitter on dewdrops...
bows to brilliance,

where everything arrogant
takes off its shoes
to stand on holy ground.

~ Joyce Rupp from "For a Brief Moment" in MY SOUL FEELS LEAN: POEMS OF LOSS AND RESTORATION

Let us now open our hearts to recall

Cardinal Wilton Gregory | April 2021 (Vol. XXXIV, No. 4)
Let us now open our hearts to recall those who have died from the coronavirus. Strengthen those families and friends who remain behind, to comfort one another and to wipe the tears from our eyes. May each one find peace and let the memory of our loved ones itself be a blessing.
~ Cardinal Wilton Gregory in a prayer offered on CNN as the United States reflected on the 500,000 lives lost, February 22, 2021

It is spring again

Rainer Maria Rilke | April 2021 (Vol. XXXIV, No. 4)

It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.

~ Rainer Maria Rilke in "Sonnets to Orpheus. Part One, XXI"
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