Prayer

Gratitude

by

Brother David

I’ve long been a fan of Brother David Steindl-Rast and his Gratefulness network and was pleased to see that he’d been invited to give a TED talk on Happiness, earlier this year. TED has a bit of a reputation for not being keen on religious or spiritual speakers so it is always a boon when such an eminent one slips under the radar.

Want to be happy? You can see the 14 minute talk here.

Over on Vimeo, Brother David has given a series of interviews as a form of Spiritual Biography to the New School at Commonweal. There’s about 7 hours of material and it is lovely to have access to this.

http://vimeo.com/newschoolcommonweal

Abandonment

by

Charles de Foucauld

Feast Day: 1st December (Roman Catholic)

Charles de Foucauld (c.1907)

Father,
I abandon myself into your hands;
do with me what you will.
Whatever you may do, I thank you:
I am ready for all, I accept all.

Let only your will be done in me,
and in all your creatures –
I wish no more than this, O Lord.

Into your hands I commend my soul:
I offer it to you with all the love of my heart,
for I love you, Lord, and so need to give myself,
to surrender myself into your hands without reserve,
and with boundless confidence,
for you are my Father.