Jesus,
When you washed your disciples’ feet,*
you didn’t think that
you were a washer,
the disciples were the people you washed
and you were washing them,
did you? Đọc tiếp Prayer 230
Danh mục lưu trữ: Văn
Sẻ
Chào các bạn,
Sáng nay, Chủ nhật, mình và anh Hoành lên đường đến Great Smoky Mountains National Park để ngày mai xem Solar Eclipse. Công viên quốc gia này cách nhà mình vài trăm dặm, và theo thông tin của NASA thì đó là nơi có thể xem Eclipse 100%. Nếu đứng ngay ở nhà mình thì chỉ có thể thấy được 80%. Đây là hiện tượng trăm năm mới có một lần, nên dân Mỹ nôn nao hớn hở chờ xem.
Sáng sớm ra khỏi nhà, việc đầu tiên là ghé vào McDonald mua điểm tâm nhanh. Lúc ra khỏi nhà hàng, mình ra trước. Vừa đẩy cửa bước ra, mình thấy một cô chim sẻ đang nằm bật ngữa trên nền xi măng ngay trước cửa, hai chân chỏng gọng lên trời, mắt nhắm, miệng há hốc, bất động. Mình nghĩ cô Sẻ đã chết rồi và tính nhặt xác cô đặt vào lề để tránh bị người khác đạp lên. Đọc tiếp Sẻ
Prayer 229
Jesus,
Do you want me to find diamonds in the mud holes of the world?
Yes,
no place on earth is so infertile that it cannot produce a saint.
I shall collect diamonds for you.
May your word to me be fulfilled.*
Amen.
PTH
* Luke 1:38
Prayer 228
Jesus,
When Adam and Eva ate the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,
their heart became discriminatory heart.
Before they ate it,
they saw themselves and nature as one.
After they ate it, Đọc tiếp Prayer 228
Prayer 227
Jesus,
I am a poor child.
I have no gift fitting You,
the heavenly King.
Shall I translate a song for You? Đọc tiếp Prayer 227
Prayer 226
Jesus,
“There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens:
…a time to hate and a time to love,
a time for war and a time for peace,”*
a time to be in duality and a time to be one with You. Đọc tiếp Prayer 226
Prayer 225
Jesus,
“I had not known sin…
but when the commandment came,
sin revived, and I died.”*
The commandment is the law.
The law does not remove our sin Đọc tiếp Prayer 225
Home to the Gold of heart
About Home, I have talked about my childhood place where I call Home, where I don’t need my private room. Now I want to tell you my being-home journey. Growing up, along my journeys, here and there… I have been sheltered under the roofs of many other homes.
The home where…
I was hosted in the house of a Christian family to celebrate Christmas in Italy.
I was invited to stay with of a mix African-European Muslim family in Switzerland to celebrate the Ramadan end.
I spent my retreat time living with Buddhist monastics in France, called Plum Village.
I used to stay with the owner, a Catholic nun, who was my friend, in a remote highland area of Vietnam during my backpacking trips.
I was indulged in good food by a rural Japanese family, during my studying trip.
And it was my home on an unbelievably packed train for a month-long journey across India.
That was my home for a month when I lived in a camping tent surrounded by nature, slept with ants and all kinds of insects underneath, shined by moon light above during the night, joined by summer storms from day to day. Đọc tiếp Home to the Gold of heart
Prayer 224
Jesus,
“For the law was given by Moses,
but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.”*
The law does not remove my sins
but only is used to judge if I have sins or not.
The law makes me die with my sins, Đọc tiếp Prayer 224
Prayer 223
Jesus,
Remember when we met for the first time?
It was sunny, windy and cool.
You walked by me,
held my hand
and smiled at me.
Since then we’ve studied Bible,
practiced martial arts,
and cooked… together. Đọc tiếp Prayer 223
A bird and a cat teach me about the Nature of Thing
You might have known about the Buddhist teaching of The Suchness or be familiar with The Nature of Thing phenomenon in our life. It could be as natural as a lion hunts a deer in the wild. Or it is as simple as birth-aging-illness-and death in every human being life. I, too, have read and studied about those teaching and concept and contemplated about that Nature of Thing. It’s been my assumption that I can comprehend the concept with simple explanations. Probably many of us have the same assumption. Đọc tiếp A bird and a cat teach me about the Nature of Thing
Prayer 222
Jesus,
So hot.
Why don’t you blow away Vietnam Electricity
so that it no longer holds the monopoly?
Oh Jesus, Đọc tiếp Prayer 222
Prayer 221
Jesus,
Should we be closer to US in military relationship?
Should we be a US ally?
…
Is US trustworthy? Đọc tiếp Prayer 221
Prayer 220
Jesus,
You want to know what I’m thinking?
I’m thinking about the future of our country.
Oneday the world will say about us,
“Look!
They are God’s friends. Đọc tiếp Prayer 220
Prayer 219
Jesus,
Corruption in our country is terrible.
So what will you do?
Will you bring floodwaters as in the Noah’s time?
Will you bring fire as in Sodom and Gomorrah’s time?
Do not do that, Jesus, I’m afraid. Đọc tiếp Prayer 219
