Bodmin Hermit
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Franciscan Hermit. Retired Hospice Chaplain. C of E, but multifaith contemplative stance. Silence, Poems, Prayers and Promises.
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THE VALUE OF SILENCE:
The quiet mind is richer than a crown...
Such sweet content, such minds, such bliss
Beggars enjoy when princes oft do miss.
(Robert Greene)
The quiet mind is richer than a crown...
Such sweet content, such minds, such bliss
Beggars enjoy when princes oft do miss.
(Robert Greene)
December 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
THE VALUE OF SILENCE:
The quiet mind is richer than a crown...
Such sweet content, such minds, such bliss
Beggars enjoy when princes oft do miss.
(Robert Greene)
The quiet mind is richer than a crown...
Such sweet content, such minds, such bliss
Beggars enjoy when princes oft do miss.
(Robert Greene)
PONDERING MERTON: 1915-1968
There is in all things an inexhaustible sweetness and purity, a silence that is a fountain of action and joy.
It rises up in wordless gentleness and flows out of me from unseen roots of all created being.
There is in all things an inexhaustible sweetness and purity, a silence that is a fountain of action and joy.
It rises up in wordless gentleness and flows out of me from unseen roots of all created being.
December 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
PONDERING MERTON: 1915-1968
There is in all things an inexhaustible sweetness and purity, a silence that is a fountain of action and joy.
It rises up in wordless gentleness and flows out of me from unseen roots of all created being.
There is in all things an inexhaustible sweetness and purity, a silence that is a fountain of action and joy.
It rises up in wordless gentleness and flows out of me from unseen roots of all created being.
HERMIT RULE 4:
Do not let the world’s discord affect you, nor be afraid. Be mindful in all that you do. Keep your lives simple and with the help of God you will overcome any obstacle.
St. Francis of Assisi is known for his deep love of creation and radical simplicity.
Do not let the world’s discord affect you, nor be afraid. Be mindful in all that you do. Keep your lives simple and with the help of God you will overcome any obstacle.
St. Francis of Assisi is known for his deep love of creation and radical simplicity.
December 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
HERMIT RULE 4:
Do not let the world’s discord affect you, nor be afraid. Be mindful in all that you do. Keep your lives simple and with the help of God you will overcome any obstacle.
St. Francis of Assisi is known for his deep love of creation and radical simplicity.
Do not let the world’s discord affect you, nor be afraid. Be mindful in all that you do. Keep your lives simple and with the help of God you will overcome any obstacle.
St. Francis of Assisi is known for his deep love of creation and radical simplicity.
Good Lord Show me the way!... Sing along?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSif...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSif...
Down To The River To Pray - Alison Krauss
YouTube video by David Webb
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December 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Good Lord Show me the way!... Sing along?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSif...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSif...
FROM THE PLACE WHERE WE ARE RIGHT
Flowers will never grow
In the spring.
The place where we are right
Is hard and trampled
Like a yard.
But doubts and loves
Dig up the world
Like a mole, a plough.
And a whisper will be heard in the place
Where the ruined
House once stood.
Flowers will never grow
In the spring.
The place where we are right
Is hard and trampled
Like a yard.
But doubts and loves
Dig up the world
Like a mole, a plough.
And a whisper will be heard in the place
Where the ruined
House once stood.
December 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
FROM THE PLACE WHERE WE ARE RIGHT
Flowers will never grow
In the spring.
The place where we are right
Is hard and trampled
Like a yard.
But doubts and loves
Dig up the world
Like a mole, a plough.
And a whisper will be heard in the place
Where the ruined
House once stood.
Flowers will never grow
In the spring.
The place where we are right
Is hard and trampled
Like a yard.
But doubts and loves
Dig up the world
Like a mole, a plough.
And a whisper will be heard in the place
Where the ruined
House once stood.
CHRISTMAS THOUGHT & BLESSING:
Into our world of rush light,
of smoke and short Winter days
Like Autumn copper through the forests
Like fire across the heather… He came.
The stable burned brightly at his appearing
and the whole world stirred with joy…
Into our world of rush light,
of smoke and short Winter days
Like Autumn copper through the forests
Like fire across the heather… He came.
The stable burned brightly at his appearing
and the whole world stirred with joy…
December 3, 2025 at 10:39 AM
CHRISTMAS THOUGHT & BLESSING:
Into our world of rush light,
of smoke and short Winter days
Like Autumn copper through the forests
Like fire across the heather… He came.
The stable burned brightly at his appearing
and the whole world stirred with joy…
Into our world of rush light,
of smoke and short Winter days
Like Autumn copper through the forests
Like fire across the heather… He came.
The stable burned brightly at his appearing
and the whole world stirred with joy…
MORNING PRAYER:
Lord, like a mountain stream exuberant in its flow
you carry us into the river of your grace
and transport us effortlessly
to the ocean of your love.
Golitha Falls, Cornwall.
Lord, like a mountain stream exuberant in its flow
you carry us into the river of your grace
and transport us effortlessly
to the ocean of your love.
Golitha Falls, Cornwall.
December 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
MORNING PRAYER:
Lord, like a mountain stream exuberant in its flow
you carry us into the river of your grace
and transport us effortlessly
to the ocean of your love.
Golitha Falls, Cornwall.
Lord, like a mountain stream exuberant in its flow
you carry us into the river of your grace
and transport us effortlessly
to the ocean of your love.
Golitha Falls, Cornwall.
HERMIT RULE 3:
Do not take on too much for this will achieve the best results. Let silence and stillness be your chosen way and may you achieve quietness. The Lord desires neither your busyness nor your things, but all you are.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=32Oc...
Do not take on too much for this will achieve the best results. Let silence and stillness be your chosen way and may you achieve quietness. The Lord desires neither your busyness nor your things, but all you are.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=32Oc...
Take It Easy (2013 Remaster)
YouTube video by Eagles - Topic
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December 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
HERMIT RULE 3:
Do not take on too much for this will achieve the best results. Let silence and stillness be your chosen way and may you achieve quietness. The Lord desires neither your busyness nor your things, but all you are.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=32Oc...
Do not take on too much for this will achieve the best results. Let silence and stillness be your chosen way and may you achieve quietness. The Lord desires neither your busyness nor your things, but all you are.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=32Oc...
KYRIE: Stellenbosch University Choir
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rygr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rygr...
Kyrie – Stellenbosch University Choir
YouTube video by Stellenbosch University Choir
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December 3, 2025 at 9:10 AM
KYRIE: Stellenbosch University Choir
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rygr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rygr...
MORNING PRAYER:
Living God, through your continuous presence in us you draw us out of ourselves and come to give us new life. You have confided to us, as God’s poor, a mystery of hope and inner light. In you, we find a peace of heart that touches the depths of the soul.
Living God, through your continuous presence in us you draw us out of ourselves and come to give us new life. You have confided to us, as God’s poor, a mystery of hope and inner light. In you, we find a peace of heart that touches the depths of the soul.
December 2, 2025 at 8:23 AM
MORNING PRAYER:
Living God, through your continuous presence in us you draw us out of ourselves and come to give us new life. You have confided to us, as God’s poor, a mystery of hope and inner light. In you, we find a peace of heart that touches the depths of the soul.
Living God, through your continuous presence in us you draw us out of ourselves and come to give us new life. You have confided to us, as God’s poor, a mystery of hope and inner light. In you, we find a peace of heart that touches the depths of the soul.
A DIFFERENT KIND OF BLUE SKY THINKING:
Do we need to make a special effort to enjoy the beauty of the blue sky? Do we need to practice to be able to enjoy it? No we just enjoy it! We don't need to go to China to enjoy the blue sky. We can be in touch with these things right now.
Do we need to make a special effort to enjoy the beauty of the blue sky? Do we need to practice to be able to enjoy it? No we just enjoy it! We don't need to go to China to enjoy the blue sky. We can be in touch with these things right now.
December 2, 2025 at 8:14 AM
A DIFFERENT KIND OF BLUE SKY THINKING:
Do we need to make a special effort to enjoy the beauty of the blue sky? Do we need to practice to be able to enjoy it? No we just enjoy it! We don't need to go to China to enjoy the blue sky. We can be in touch with these things right now.
Do we need to make a special effort to enjoy the beauty of the blue sky? Do we need to practice to be able to enjoy it? No we just enjoy it! We don't need to go to China to enjoy the blue sky. We can be in touch with these things right now.
CREATIVE ETERNAL JOY:
Today we enjoy all that God's love has done
and thank him for our world, for our lives
and for his Son, and we sing songs of praise
to express our delight at all God meant to be,
when the time was right...
Today we enjoy all that God's love has done
and thank him for our world, for our lives
and for his Son, and we sing songs of praise
to express our delight at all God meant to be,
when the time was right...
December 2, 2025 at 7:15 AM
CREATIVE ETERNAL JOY:
Today we enjoy all that God's love has done
and thank him for our world, for our lives
and for his Son, and we sing songs of praise
to express our delight at all God meant to be,
when the time was right...
Today we enjoy all that God's love has done
and thank him for our world, for our lives
and for his Son, and we sing songs of praise
to express our delight at all God meant to be,
when the time was right...
HERMIT RULE - General Intro 2
Perhaps you were thinking that you could achieve a better life by moving about or escaping time. None of that. Here you will find a little path that will take you through both time and space… Then further...
Perhaps you were thinking that you could achieve a better life by moving about or escaping time. None of that. Here you will find a little path that will take you through both time and space… Then further...
December 2, 2025 at 7:01 AM
HERMIT RULE - General Intro 2
Perhaps you were thinking that you could achieve a better life by moving about or escaping time. None of that. Here you will find a little path that will take you through both time and space… Then further...
Perhaps you were thinking that you could achieve a better life by moving about or escaping time. None of that. Here you will find a little path that will take you through both time and space… Then further...
HERMIT RULE: Introduction: 1st Dec 2025
Para los que vivimos en cualquier parte. En el mundo o fuera de él más allá de todo mundo y en cualquier tiempo
For those of us who live anywhere; In the world or outside it or beyond all the world and in whatever time.
Para los que vivimos en cualquier parte. En el mundo o fuera de él más allá de todo mundo y en cualquier tiempo
For those of us who live anywhere; In the world or outside it or beyond all the world and in whatever time.
December 2, 2025 at 6:53 AM
HERMIT RULE: Introduction: 1st Dec 2025
Para los que vivimos en cualquier parte. En el mundo o fuera de él más allá de todo mundo y en cualquier tiempo
For those of us who live anywhere; In the world or outside it or beyond all the world and in whatever time.
Para los que vivimos en cualquier parte. En el mundo o fuera de él más allá de todo mundo y en cualquier tiempo
For those of us who live anywhere; In the world or outside it or beyond all the world and in whatever time.
St ANDREW'S FEAST DAY:
Saint Andrew's Day, also called Andermas, is the feast day of Andrew the Apostle and is celebrated during Scotland's Winter Festival. St Andrew is the disciple in the New Testament who introduced his brother Peter, to Jesus, the Messiah.
Saint Andrew's Day, also called Andermas, is the feast day of Andrew the Apostle and is celebrated during Scotland's Winter Festival. St Andrew is the disciple in the New Testament who introduced his brother Peter, to Jesus, the Messiah.
November 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
St ANDREW'S FEAST DAY:
Saint Andrew's Day, also called Andermas, is the feast day of Andrew the Apostle and is celebrated during Scotland's Winter Festival. St Andrew is the disciple in the New Testament who introduced his brother Peter, to Jesus, the Messiah.
Saint Andrew's Day, also called Andermas, is the feast day of Andrew the Apostle and is celebrated during Scotland's Winter Festival. St Andrew is the disciple in the New Testament who introduced his brother Peter, to Jesus, the Messiah.
ADVENTURE IN GOD:
before I was born you prayed for me
when I moved from the womb into the world
your arms cradled me
and made sense of my wordless language
till I slept
till I walked
till I lost my fear
till I was old enough to let your hand go.
before I was born you prayed for me
when I moved from the womb into the world
your arms cradled me
and made sense of my wordless language
till I slept
till I walked
till I lost my fear
till I was old enough to let your hand go.
November 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
ADVENTURE IN GOD:
before I was born you prayed for me
when I moved from the womb into the world
your arms cradled me
and made sense of my wordless language
till I slept
till I walked
till I lost my fear
till I was old enough to let your hand go.
before I was born you prayed for me
when I moved from the womb into the world
your arms cradled me
and made sense of my wordless language
till I slept
till I walked
till I lost my fear
till I was old enough to let your hand go.
My earliest emotions are bound to the earth
and to the labours of the fields.
I find in the land a profound suggestion of poverty
and I love poverty above all other things (very Franciscan!)
not sordid and famished poverty
but poverty that is blessed - simple,
humble, like brown bread
(FG Lorca)
and to the labours of the fields.
I find in the land a profound suggestion of poverty
and I love poverty above all other things (very Franciscan!)
not sordid and famished poverty
but poverty that is blessed - simple,
humble, like brown bread
(FG Lorca)
November 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
My earliest emotions are bound to the earth
and to the labours of the fields.
I find in the land a profound suggestion of poverty
and I love poverty above all other things (very Franciscan!)
not sordid and famished poverty
but poverty that is blessed - simple,
humble, like brown bread
(FG Lorca)
and to the labours of the fields.
I find in the land a profound suggestion of poverty
and I love poverty above all other things (very Franciscan!)
not sordid and famished poverty
but poverty that is blessed - simple,
humble, like brown bread
(FG Lorca)
PONDER:
So while others miserably pledge themselves
to the pursuit of ambition and brief power,
I will be stretched out in the shade.... singing!
(Fray Luis de Leon 1527-1591)
So while others miserably pledge themselves
to the pursuit of ambition and brief power,
I will be stretched out in the shade.... singing!
(Fray Luis de Leon 1527-1591)
November 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
PONDER:
So while others miserably pledge themselves
to the pursuit of ambition and brief power,
I will be stretched out in the shade.... singing!
(Fray Luis de Leon 1527-1591)
So while others miserably pledge themselves
to the pursuit of ambition and brief power,
I will be stretched out in the shade.... singing!
(Fray Luis de Leon 1527-1591)
ADVENT Meditation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIar...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIar...
Meditative song for Advent: "COME, LORD JESUS"
YouTube video by Harpa Dei
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November 30, 2025 at 10:39 AM
ADVENT Meditation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIar...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIar...
HERMIT RULE 30:
Let go and let God help you to see with His eyes.
Let go of stress and let go of fear once and for all, and let God lead the way to a more fulfilling, more satisfying, more successful life.
Let go and let God help you to see with His eyes.
Let go of stress and let go of fear once and for all, and let God lead the way to a more fulfilling, more satisfying, more successful life.
November 30, 2025 at 9:19 AM
HERMIT RULE 30:
Let go and let God help you to see with His eyes.
Let go of stress and let go of fear once and for all, and let God lead the way to a more fulfilling, more satisfying, more successful life.
Let go and let God help you to see with His eyes.
Let go of stress and let go of fear once and for all, and let God lead the way to a more fulfilling, more satisfying, more successful life.
ADVENT is the hope of all hopes so our celebration of Christmas should be about the day Earth’s humanity met with Heaven’s Divinity. ‘The Word made flesh and dwelt amongst us’. But it wasn’t just the fact that Jesus came to Earth, it was the way he did it.. very Franciscan Yey!
November 30, 2025 at 8:54 AM
ADVENT is the hope of all hopes so our celebration of Christmas should be about the day Earth’s humanity met with Heaven’s Divinity. ‘The Word made flesh and dwelt amongst us’. But it wasn’t just the fact that Jesus came to Earth, it was the way he did it.. very Franciscan Yey!
The Inner Room
YouTube video by John Michael Talbot - Topic
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November 30, 2025 at 8:45 AM
MEDITATION:
I am the breeze that nurtures all things green.
I encourage blossoms to flourish with ripening fruits.
I am led by the spirit
to feed the purest streams.
I am the rain coming from the dew
that causes the grasses to laugh
with the joy of life…
I am the breeze that nurtures all things green.
I encourage blossoms to flourish with ripening fruits.
I am led by the spirit
to feed the purest streams.
I am the rain coming from the dew
that causes the grasses to laugh
with the joy of life…
November 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
MEDITATION:
I am the breeze that nurtures all things green.
I encourage blossoms to flourish with ripening fruits.
I am led by the spirit
to feed the purest streams.
I am the rain coming from the dew
that causes the grasses to laugh
with the joy of life…
I am the breeze that nurtures all things green.
I encourage blossoms to flourish with ripening fruits.
I am led by the spirit
to feed the purest streams.
I am the rain coming from the dew
that causes the grasses to laugh
with the joy of life…
GIVE THANKS:
Lord, thank you
for Moses and Miriam
for Sarah and Abraham
for Peter and Martha
for Mary and Paul
and more recently Peter, Paul and Mary!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlN0...
Lord, thank you
for Moses and Miriam
for Sarah and Abraham
for Peter and Martha
for Mary and Paul
and more recently Peter, Paul and Mary!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlN0...
Peter, Paul & Mary - Day is Done
YouTube video by Sunsong23
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November 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
GIVE THANKS:
Lord, thank you
for Moses and Miriam
for Sarah and Abraham
for Peter and Martha
for Mary and Paul
and more recently Peter, Paul and Mary!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlN0...
Lord, thank you
for Moses and Miriam
for Sarah and Abraham
for Peter and Martha
for Mary and Paul
and more recently Peter, Paul and Mary!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlN0...
EMPTY HOURS & EMPTY DAYS:
There are so few empty hours in the day or empty rooms in my life in which to stand alone and find myself. Too many activities, things and interesting people. For it is not merely the trivial which clutter our lives but the important as well.
There are so few empty hours in the day or empty rooms in my life in which to stand alone and find myself. Too many activities, things and interesting people. For it is not merely the trivial which clutter our lives but the important as well.
November 28, 2025 at 8:02 AM
EMPTY HOURS & EMPTY DAYS:
There are so few empty hours in the day or empty rooms in my life in which to stand alone and find myself. Too many activities, things and interesting people. For it is not merely the trivial which clutter our lives but the important as well.
There are so few empty hours in the day or empty rooms in my life in which to stand alone and find myself. Too many activities, things and interesting people. For it is not merely the trivial which clutter our lives but the important as well.