Day 068j: A meandering monk for the Missing … (June 21, 2019)
I have always had an affinity for Saint Anthony of Egypt – the very first Christian hermit, and yet Saint Anthony of Padua (probably the Saint Anthony pictured here) now hearkens to me as well. Maybe it is his association with healing the ill & injured, or maybe it is that he is considered the patron saint of lost things and even lost people — and by “lost” here I mean not those who haven’t accepted a particular religious dogma, but rather those who have forgotten the Kind Person they are and always have been …
“Very truly, I tell You, no one can See the Kingdom of God without being born anew … No one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water & Spirit. What is born of flesh is flesh, and what is thereafter Born of the Spirit is Spirit … The Wind blows where it chooses, and we hear the sound of it but know not where it comes from nor where it goes. So it is with the selfless Love of everyone who is Born of The Spirit.” ~ Jesus (John 3:3-8)
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