Tag Archives: art

Parables of the Cross

Posted on October 10, 2015 by mhrockness

It is in the stages of a plant’s growth, its budding and blossoming and seed-bearing that this lesson has come to me:  the lesson of death in its delivering power.  It has come as no mere far-fetched imagery, but as … Continue reading →

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Desert Rose

Posted on August 20, 2015 by mhrockness

The wonder lies in the (desert) floor itself.  It is a layer of crystallized gypsum, several feet thick, that underlies the sand of this district, and serves the land for all building purposes.  You will see scattered along every roadside … Continue reading →

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Endless Possibilities

Posted on July 4, 2015 by mhrockness

God only knows the endless possibilities that lie enfolded in each one of us!                                                     … Continue reading →

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A Story & A Song*

Posted on June 10, 2015 by mhrockness

Gathered up, focused lives, intent on one aim – Christ – these are the lives on which God can concentrate blessedness.  It is “all for all” by a law as unvarying as any law that governs the material universe.   Focussed:  … Continue reading →

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The Path of Life

Posted on March 29, 2015 by mhrockness

  “Death is the gate of life.”  Does it look so to us?  Have we learnt to go down, once and again, into its gathering shadow in quietness and confidence, knowing that there is always “a better resurrection” beyond?   … Continue reading →

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Linkings

Posted on January 31, 2015 by mhrockness

  The results need not end with our earthly days.  Should Jesus tarry, our works will follow us.  God may use, by reason of the wonderful solidarity of His Church, the things that He has wrought in us, for the … Continue reading →

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Loving Acts of Kindness

Posted on November 14, 2014 by mhrockness

What a difference of atmosphere when Sister Eva got into our train 1/2 way on our road!  For she is a medieval-saint, stepped out into a glorious light & freedom.              Diary 14 November 1908 (Between … Continue reading →

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Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen

Posted on October 10, 2014 by mhrockness

One could literally do nothing but pray at every available bit.  One might take up letters or accounts that seemed as if they were a “must be” – but one had to drop them within five minutes, almost invariably, and … Continue reading →

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A Way of Seeing

Posted on September 12, 2014 by mhrockness

               “Oh, how good it is that I have been sent here to such beauty!”                                 Diary I have … Continue reading →

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Passion for Giving

Posted on August 9, 2014 by mhrockness

“There lies before us a beautiful possible life – one that shall have a passion for giving that shall be poured forth to God – spent out for man. . .”   Parables of the Cross Giving.  Gifts – given … Continue reading →

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