Tracking Holiness
  Vol. 26,  No. 1                 Be the Thing You See                        Spring 2015
HERE IS YOUR NEW ISSUE OF HOLY GROUND


To understand prayer as looking at God and the things of God requires us to face the fact that we are all blind as bats and struggle to see clearly. 

 

The latest issue of Holy Ground considers how entering into the reality of what is before us leads to deeper seeing and knowing. We turn to poet  John Moffit for some instructions for how to engage in such seeing.

 

Next we explore Dylan Thomas's "force that through the green fuse drives the flower." How do you discover that force driving you to grow and bloom? How is the energy of life expressing itself in your heart and life activities? 

 

Life possesses us. And it will live through us.
Do not believe for a moment that you can stop it.
Not disasters, terrorists, illness, failure, war,
not even death. 

 

 

Be the Thing You See
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Please keep reading to the end of this issue. 

Lots of good stuff for you to know about.

And please share and forward to your friends.
Topeka Gives
Topeka Area Friends of The Sanctuary
Come Join in the Fun!   

June 2, Tuesday  7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Fairlawn Mall, Topeka, KS

Do you see unmet needs in our community?
Are you are weary of political stalemates, name calling, stalling, and denial?

Come down to the Fairlawn Mall ( 21st Street and Fairlawn) and discover grass roots, homegrown hope, hard work, love, wisdom and imagination in action. 

While you are there pick your favorites organizations- Please include the Sanctuary! - and make a donation of $25 or more to each organization. Then watch your gifts GROW through the $60,000 match fund given by the Topeka Community Foundation.

Here is how it all works.  Topeka Gives FAQ
See participating organizations here.  Donation Form 

REMEMBER that to participate in the Topeka Community Fund match you must bring your gift in person to the Topeka Fairlawn Mall on Tuesday June 2, any time between 7:00 am and 6:00 pm.

Look for our table with the blue and gold balloons. Stop by and say Hello!  I can't wait to see you.


Coming in June . . .  

 

Saturday RETREAT June 13, 2015 in Topeka, Ks

 

 

"The Loving Search for God"

The practice of Christian contemplative prayer

 

 

With Fr. William MENINGER, Trappist monk, teacher, and author.

 

Open to all

Saturday, June 13, 2015
9:00 - 3:00

Christ the King Catholic Church, Topeka, Kansas

$25.00 includes box lunch

 

I n an age of shallow perceptions and 30 second sound-bites this spry 82 year old monk is a spring of living water for thirsty souls. With his broad knowledge of spirituality and delightful wit he gently opens our awareness to the presence of Love in our midst. 

 

To Register   

  • mail check made out to Christ the King Church (note in memo Meninger Retreat ) to 5973 SW 25th St, Topeka, KS 66614
OR

 

Fr. Meninger leaves St. Benedict's Monastery in Snowmass, Colorado only four times a year for special teaching engagements. In June of 2015 he will be presenting workshops in Kansas City, Topeka, Emporia , Wichita, Warrensburg, MO, Columbia, Mo, and St. Louis, Mo.

 

Books by Fr. Meninger include The Committed Life: An Adaptation of the Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis De Sales; The Loving Search for God:  Contemplative Prayer and the Cloud of Unknowing; The Process of Forgiveness; Bringing "the  Imitation  of Christ"  into the Twenty-First  Century; Julian of Norwich  - A Mystic For Today.

 

The Retreat Sponsors:

Christ the King Catholic Church

The Sanctuary Foundation for Prayer

 

For retreat information:  phone 785-273-0710, or email  [email protected]  

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What's up at The Sanctuary  .... 

  • Finished up co-leading with Sandy Carlson another great bunch of new pastors for PC (USA) Synod of Mid America GPS program. Their courage, faith, love and imaginations inspire me. As always Eileen Campbell challenged and opened us to see our work in new ways with grace and wisdom.
  • Watched daughter Cicelia graduate in art, Summa Cum Laude from Colorado State University. Here we are with her sister, Diana.
  • Planning a week of silence at St. John's Abbey in Minnesota. 
  • Sending out queries to find a good home for the my new book.
  • Seeing the most amazing and beautiful people who share their journeys in God with me.
  • Daily prayer for you and so many.

 

 

Thank you so for much for your prayer support, subscription renewals, and donations! Each one makes a difference. You allow Holy Ground to happen in so many ways. 

Loretta F. Ross   

The Sanctuary Foundation for Prayer

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  What is Tracking Holiness?
Looking for support for your faith journey, worship resources, devotional material, or companions for your journey of faith ?   Tracking Holiness is here to remind you of the Love waiting for you in each moment of your existence.

Published by The Sanctuary Foundation for Prayer, this occasional e-newsletter offers links, suppport, prayer, and connection for the scattered followers of Christ.

When our attentiveness invites us "to enter into the small silences" and to "take our time and touch the Peace" from which all life issues, we find ourselves in union with that Peace. 

 

Our sacrificial gift of attention to another awakens the life of God in the other. That life may be dormant, hidden, frightened, or wounded. Our prayerful attention and the Peace in us extends a hand and bids the slumbering Peace in the other to rise up and walk.  lfr

 

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