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The task of life is to face sacred moments.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Awe is a sense for transcendence, for the reference everywhere to mystery beyond all things. It enables us to perceive in the world intimations of the divine.
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Awe is an intuition for the dignity of all things, a realization that things not only are what they are but also stand, however remotely, for something supreme.
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
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In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
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Is not self-sufficiency itself insufficient to explain self-sufficiency?
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There are no two hours alike. Every hour is unique and the only one given at the moment, exclusive and endlessly precious.
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Reality to us is thinghood , consisting of substances that occupy space; even God is conceived by most of us as a thing.
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Celebration is an active state, an act of expressing reverence or appreciation. To be entertained is a passive state–it is to receive pleasure afforded by an amusing act or a spectacle.
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Man’s sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God.
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The Sabbath is not for the sake of the weekdays; the weekdays are for the sake of Sabbath. It is not an interlude but the climax of living.
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The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions. Source: The Wisdom of Heschel
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In the darkest night to be certain of the dawn…to go through Hell and to continue to trust in the goodness of God-this is the challenge and the way.
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When faith becomes an heirloom rather than a living fountain; when religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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