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Monday, June 30, 2014

Balance


God graces us with leisure, and as we respond with gratitude and receive the gift, we begin to live that balanced life that is our destiny as the people of a loving creator.

 

Friday, June 27, 2014

Spiritual Discipline


The practice of leisure is an essential spiritual discipline:  God commands rest, the body refuses rest.

 

Thursday, June 26, 2014

Finding Balance


Leisure enables us to find balance in our lives—balance among the needs of body, mind and spirit.

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Growing Us


Leisure is meant to “grow us.”  It gives us a divine encounter with the Spirit who sends us forth to live as persons of great love.

 

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Taking Time


Taking time for leisure reminds me that God gives us a divine pattern of work and rest for our health and our pleasure.

Monday, June 23, 2014

Following the Gospel


Leisure enables us to step back and try to understand what it means to follow the Gospel in this situation.

 

Friday, June 20, 2014

Filling our Vessel


We can’t give anything unless we have something inside us to give—leisure provides us time and opportunity to fill our empty vessel.

Thursday, June 19, 2014


Leisure is an act of trust and witness: God is able to act in the world apart from human effort and achievement.

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

"Busy-ness" in Life


No life is to be so busy that there is no time to take stock of it—leisure gives a person time to take stock.

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Holiness in Life


Leisure reminds me that all life is sacred, all life is holy, all life is to be held with reverent            hands.

Monday, June 16, 2014

Staying Focused on God


Leisure keeps my heart centered on God and keeps my mind open.

Friday, June 13, 2014

Sabbath Rest


Sabbath rest, leisure, is a gift and a challenge to our lifestyles and a means of God’s saving grace in our lives.

Thursday, June 12, 2014

The World Around Us


Leisure puts us in touch with the world around us by giving us the distance we need to see where we are.

 

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Holy Leisure


Benedict speaks of holy leisure, the leisure that makes us more human by engaging our heart, broadening our vision, and deepening our insight.

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Play

Play and holy leisure are what make work possible, that make work worthwhile.