El Buen Pastor - Taos, New Mexico - The Good Shepherd

El Buen Pastor (Taos, New Mexico * The Good Shepherd)
...and some thoughts for the beginning of Lent .
The word Lent comes from the old English, “lencten,” which means”spring,”
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“If you abide in me, and my words abide in you,
you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you...”
John 15
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“...here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the
bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which
grows
higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars
apart
I carry your heart(I carry it in my heart) “
e.e. cummings 1952
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“I am the good shepherd ... then Jesus said to them again, truly, truly, I say unto to you, I am the door of the sheep...”
John 10
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“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock : if you hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in and eat with you, and you with me. “
Revelation 3
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“...finding
God
in agony
first but then
In
stars by night.
he (St Ignatius) began his mornings with
‘What shall we do for God today ?’
Letting the Spirit
blow
through his soul
as
wind through a field of poppies...”
From the poem Inigo de Loyola in the poetry book
“In Embrace”
by Fr Jim Janda + 1936 - 2010
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I simply suggest we can begin this year’s Lenten Season in the same way, as Jim Janda rememberers St Ignatius, with ...
What shall we do for God today?
Fr Bill McNichols
Ash Wednesday 2019