Jeanne Poland's Poetry Blog
15 Feb 2024 1 Comment
in Poetry Tags: and tenderness, benevolence, closeness, compassion, died and rose, fruits of the Holy Spirit, God's own way, Jesus Christ, joy, magnanimity, missionary, no coercing, No Pressure, proselytizing, saving love of God
“In proclaiming to the world “the beauty of the saving love of God made manifest in Jesus Christ who died and rose from the dead” (Evangelii Gaudium, 36), missionary disciples should do so with joy, magnanimity and benevolence that are the fruits of the Holy Spirit within them (cf. Gal 5:22). Not by pressuring, coercing or proselytizing, but with closeness, compassion and tenderness, and in this way reflecting God’s own way of being and acting.”
Pope Francis
12 May 2018 Leave a comment
in Poetry Tags: 2 bedroom condo, beauty, boating in the pond, camaraderie, dedicate their service, fishing, grandchildren, I wanted to buy a week, indoor heated pool, No Pressure, silver haired Board, with grace
Ponds of Fox Hollow
I wanted to buy a week with the
Ponds of Fox Hollow,
not because of the boating in the pond
or the fishing
or the indoor heated pool and hot tub
or the 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom condos
or the opportunities for my grandchildren from Austerlitz to play in such beauty,
but for the camaraderie
that I could have
with all the silver haired members of the Board
who dedicate their service
for decades
with grace
The Vibrant Channeled Creator 