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  1. Mark Dohle

    Wordless Wonder

    Thank you metis for sharing this, yes people in our lives are very important. Peace Mark
  2. Mark Dohle

    Wordless Wonder

    Wordless Yearning Often times our relationships can bring to the fore our deep and abiding loneliness. We are often attracted to people who do not return it. As the song goes “Everyone here is thinking about someone else”. We seek a place of rest but never find it. Or if we do it is only for a...
  3. Mark Dohle

    Chapter Talk 7-2/23 Humility

    Chapter Talk 7/2/23 Humility "The seventh degree of humility is, when, not only with his tongue he declared but also in his inmost soul believes, that he is the lowest and vilest of men, humbling himself and saying with the Prophet: 'But I am a worm and no man, the reproach of men and the...
  4. Mark Dohle

    The struggle implicit in our faith walk, and prayer life

    The struggle implicit in our faith walk, and prayer life One of the prisoners that I am writing to, brought up some issues he is having with his faith in God and prayer. I do not know why he is in prison, and usually, I do not look that up unless I feel the need to. I have done it twice only...
  5. Mark Dohle

    Jesus suffered deeply

    Jesus suffered deeply. I would say that one of the experiences ‘all’ humans have to go through if they survive birth and the first few years, will have to go through more than one “Gethsemane” experience. Where there is great suffering, and the sky is silent so to speak. Heaven seems empty...
  6. Mark Dohle

    Being stretched to our full capacity

    Being stretched to our full capacity Our ‘deepest longing’, what is that? Perhaps, it is what would tear us open. Break our hearts if actually experienced. Is it too good to be true? In fact, it can be easier to believe in nothing, than to wrestle with our deep hidden fears of the Infinite, to...
  7. Mark Dohle

    The Truth Will Set You Free (AA group on retreat)

    The Truth Will Set You Free (AA group on retreat) What has been America's most nurturing contribution to the culture of this planet so far? Many would say jazz. I, who love jazz, will say this instead: Alcoholics Anonymous.-Kurt Vonnegut When I was a young man, I spent some time reading...
  8. Mark Dohle

    Growing in inner freedom and trust in God

    Growing in inner freedom and trust in God (189) On one occasion, the Lord said to me, Why are you fearful and why do you tremble when you are united to Me? I am displeased when a soul yields to vain terrors. Who will dare to touch you when you are with Me? Most dear to Me is the soul that...
  9. Mark Dohle

    Be Gracious

    Be Gracious July 25—“Be just as gracious toward the little ones as toward the great ones. Make an effort particularly when you are with people who seem vulgar to you. Go to everyone with the same gentleness. You are all brothers in Me. Wasn’t I everyone’s brother? Don’t take your eyes off...
  10. Mark Dohle

    Three Steps Forward, Two Steps Back

    Two Steps Forward, Three Steps Back December 4—“When you have entered into light, you will comprehend. Until then, you will just feel your way in truth: you will be able to take love only little by little; otherwise your mortal eyes would be wounded. But when the eye of your inner vision...
  11. Mark Dohle

    So it is with us, all of us

    So it is with us, all of us When we love, we become vulnerable to the beloved. To love is to invite a certain species of suffering into our lives. Jesus was fearless, even to the point of going through the passion without turning away. We know the outcome, it was victory, but the path to...
  12. Mark Dohle

    Dealing with the stuff of life

    Dealing with the stuff of life I am starting to feel my fragility, and how precious my life is. Knowing that my sense of diminishment will grow, I have had to learn to deal with it in such a way that it deepens my faith in God, and how profoundly important the last years of our lives...
  13. Mark Dohle

    I Still Struggle with Suffering

    I Still Struggle with Suffering November 20—Le Fresne. Holy Hour. “Do you believe in Me? Do you really believe in Me? Are you sure that I am in you, and that I loved you even to the folly of My cross? Do you remember My kindnesses for the universe, and those chosen especially for you? Go over...
  14. Mark Dohle

    On prayer and suffering, quotes from the book "He and I"

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  15. Mark Dohle

    Fractured Reflections/Broken Mirrors

    Fractured Reflections/Broken Mirrors “We know what is happening in the neighborhood, in our neighbor’s home but we do not know what is happening within us”.-Pope Francis I will from a few times a year, have the experience of the ground I am standing on disappearing, and I find myself inwardly...
  16. Mark Dohle

    Prisoners struggle for faith and trust

    Prisoners struggle for faith and trust One of the prisoners I am writing is named William. I would think that for those seeking God, the dark times can be very bleak indeed when incarcerated. It is hard to respond to them sometimes, but then, I find that if I talk from my own experience I may...
  17. Mark Dohle

    Childlike Prisoner

    Childlike Prisoner It is interesting writing prisoners. Each is of course unique in how they are accepting their situation. One prisoner that I am writing is named Gregory, and he comes across as very intense, but with a mind that is more childlike than adult. Not sure how far to go with this...
  18. Mark Dohle

    The need for silence

    The need for silence Listen carefully, my son, to the master’s instructions, and attend to them with the ear of your heart.- Rule of St. Benedict 1:1 Right from the beginning of the Rule, St. Benedict, brings to the fore the importance of listening. It cannot be overstated how important it is...
  19. Mark Dohle

    The Passing of our Fr. Matt Torpey

    God's love and mercy are beyond our scope, our prayers are answered.
  20. Mark Dohle

    The Passing of our Fr. Matt Torpey

    Thank you, it was a long journey. He was in our infirmary for 12 years.
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