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  1. Mark Dohle

    Covid has entered our community

    All but two are vaccinated. Grateful for that. Peace Mark
  2. Mark Dohle

    Covid has entered our community

    Covid has entered our community I knew it was only a matter of time before Covid got one of us. So now here we are. Hopefully, it will be mild for the brother who has it, and if anyone else gets it, it will be the same. I took one of the Brothers to the ER at Piedmont Hospital on Peachtree...
  3. Mark Dohle

    We are all called to prayer

    We Are All Called to Prayer The greater the feeling of responsibility for the person, the more true love there is.-Pope John Paul 11 \ When I pray and am sitting before the Lord, it is then that I can sense from time to time how rock-like my heart is. I can feel locked up or hiding behind...
  4. Mark Dohle

    He is Always Walking On the Waves

    He is Always Walking On the Waves When I am experiencing an inner storm, when the waves are high and I feel like I am sinking, is it then Lord that you call for trust my Lord? The high waves are created by me, even if often unconscious, yet they are real, and perhaps dangerous, for inner...
  5. Mark Dohle

    Living the Interior life

    Well said thnk you
  6. Mark Dohle

    Only One Thing Necessary

    Only One Thing Necessary (Also news about the Monastery and Retreat House) Do not worry over things that generate preoccupation, derangement, and anxiety. One thing only is necessary: to lift up your spirit and love God. (Padre Pio) The last thing people want to hear is to not worry. We seem...
  7. Mark Dohle

    Living the Interior life

    Living the Interior life If living an interior life, there is no time for gossip. We each have more than enough to deal with, which calls for prayer, not detraction of others. If we mind ourselves, we have no time to judge others.-Br.MD
  8. Mark Dohle

    Confess your sins to one another (James 5:16)

    Confess your sins to one another (James 5:16) Confession is an act of honesty and courage - an act of entrusting ourselves, beyond sin, to the mercy of a loving and forgiving God. --Pope John Paul 2 Confession is a powerful sacrament for inner healing, as well as for healing our...
  9. Mark Dohle

    We are Pilgrims

    We are Pilgrims (notes for grief retreat given a few years ago)) One day we will find ourselves in deep dark woods, alone and bereft. One of the hardest lessons to get is that one of the central aspects of being human is that we are in fact, pilgrims. We are on a journey, a very difficult one...
  10. Mark Dohle

    Struggle and Growth

    Struggle and Growth It is in the struggle that we grow. To pray, or to seek God, or to love one's spouse, or children. To be kind to those who can do nothing for you often brings out inner conflict and we have to choose. To pray when one does not feel like it shows deep love of God. To be...
  11. Mark Dohle

    Prayer when swarmed with distraction, worries, anxieties

    Prayer when swarmed with distraction, worries, anxieties December 30—Holy Hour. I was entirely occupied in taking in the Christmas rents. “When you come close to Me in thought, see that you put away every little earthly worry so that you can be really all Mine. And if you often repeat this...
  12. Mark Dohle

    Sin flows from self-concern which is out of control

    Sin flows from self-concern which is out of control June 23—In the train, as I had an unkind thought about another passenger. “Don’t judge too quickly. Don’t judge people by appearances.” Bossis, Gabrielle. He and I (Kindle Locations 753-754). Pauline Books and Media. Kindle Edition...
  13. Mark Dohle

    There Is No Human Experience That Cannot Be Tendered to Me.

    There Is No Human Experience That Cannot Be Tendered to Me. When you chant the psalms, you are giving Me all that you hold in your heart and all that makes up your life. There is no human experience, no suffering—not even the evil that is sin—that cannot be tendered to Me by means of the...
  14. Mark Dohle

    The Life of a Man and a Woman

    The Life of a Man and a Woman “There is a poverty of the average human’s life, who is unnoticed by the world. It is the poverty of the commonplace.. He has no talent but that of his own heart, no contribution to make except self-abandonment, no consolation save God alone.” ― Johann Baptist...
  15. Mark Dohle

    On becoming human as Christ Jesus was human

    On becoming human as Christ Jesus was human “We must learn to accept ourselves in the painful experiment of living. We must embrace the spiritual adventure of becoming human, moving through the many stages that lie between birth and death.” ― Johann Baptist Metz, Poverty of Spirit
  16. Mark Dohle

    The call of the Heart of Christ Jesus

    The call of the Heart of Christ Jesus The Heart of Christ, the Sacred Heart, points to the perfect humanity of Christ. Our hearts are called to become more human, loving, compassionate; this involves the death of a self that is fearful, angry, manipulative, and afraid of suffering and being...
  17. Mark Dohle

    Time is Unrelenting

    Time is Unrelenting “You know very well that everything that is of time is short-lived. So stretch out your arms to eternity. Long for eternity. This puts you on a higher plane, your heart forging ahead to this unknown, undreamed-of country. This is the way to get a close-up aim at the goal...
  18. Mark Dohle

    There Are Two Camps, We Must Choose

    There are two camps, we must choose “Love is not selfish. Love never calculates. It hastens to help. In heaven there is nothing but love. And I bring it to the earth, whereas the Evil one sows hatred. There are two camps—choose. And if you choose love, don’t remain shy and on the outskirts, as...
  19. Mark Dohle

    The Call to Become More Human

    The Call to Become More Human “See Me in everything, for I am everywhere for all of you. . . . Oh, that look of yours that I love: you understand? It’s like a declaration of love from you, as though you gave Me a little of your soul. And I take it right away, carefully watching for a chance...
  20. Mark Dohle

    Invisible

    Invisible If we think of ourselves as an introvert or an extrovert it does not really matter. In the end, we are all inward beings with a deep, rich, painful, and complex life that is hidden from those around us. The most outgoing of people interpret, react, and speak from their inner core. Our...
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