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"God longs for freedom instead of bondage, justice instead of oppression, life instead of death." - Kelly Brown Douglas, (b. 1957)

Bright sun shining amid a blue sky and thin clouds, above a still river lined by green trees.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Two of the things that count most in life are love and usefulness. Holding hands offers both. Take my hand. Keep me straight, protect me and warm my heart." - Roger Rosenblatt, (b. 1940)

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.” - Thérèse of Lisieux, (1873-1897)

Black and white photo of Thérèse of Lisieux, wearing her Carmelite habit and veil.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

What I see as beautiful I want you to see too. - from "Happiness," by Susan Griffin, (1943-2025)

Above a line of shadowed trees, a partly cloudy sky tinged with sunlight.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

On the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels: Bless the Lord, you angels of his, you mighty ones who do his bidding, and hearken to the voice of his word. Bless the Lord, all you his hosts, you ministers of his who do his will. (Psalm 103:20-21)

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

How many mornings have I woken like this, early and called to listen at the window of the unknown? Sometimes it speaks to me. Sometimes it listens back. - from "Listen Back" by Brooke McNamara

Pinkish-blue early morning sky above green trees and lawn.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

O Lord the day is thine, and the night is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun: they continue this day according to thine ordinance, for all things serve Thee. (1/2)

Sunrise over grasses and a few small trees.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Prompt me, God; But not yet. When I speak, Though it be you who speak Through me, something is lost. The meaning is in the waiting. - from "Kneeling" by R.S. Thomas, (1913-2000)

A layer of mist partially covering a green field, framed by trees beginning to lose their leaves, under a bright sky of blue and clouds.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Grant, O God, that your holy and life-giving Spirit may so move every human heart, that barriers which divide us may crumble, suspicions disappear, and hatreds cease; that our divisions being healed, we may live in justice and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. -The BCP, pg. 823

Framed by shadowed trees, a dramatic purple-peach sky.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The earth is the Lord's and all that is in it, the world and all who dwell therein. (Psalm 24:1)

Green trees and lawn, with a hint of mist, under a blue sky touched by pink clouds.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. (Proverbs 21:3)

Sun touching the tops of green trees, under a mostly cloudy sky.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"I know optimism can be a tough sell when there’s so much suffering, so much difficulty, in the world. But this brokenness is exactly why we need more poems, more paintings, more films, more plays. More art. (1/2)

A small pine tree standing in a misted sloping field, under a morning blue sky slashed with sun-stained clouds.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"Give me a pure heart — that I may see Thee. A humble heart — that I may hear Thee, A heart of love — that I may serve Thee, A heart of faith — that I may abide in Thee." - Dag Hammarskjöld, (1905-1961)

On the right, close-up of a tree. On the left, a green field partially covered by mist. Green-leaved trees in the distance.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"The Spirit of God is a life that bestows life, root of the world-tree and wind in the boughs, scrubbing out sin, she rubs oil into wounds. She is glistening life, alluring all praise, all-awakening, all-resurrecting." - Hildegard of Bingen, (1098-1179)

Under a marble-sky of blue and white, a shadowed line of trees.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"Hope allows you to envision what might be up ahead, even when you see nothing." - Maggie Smith, (b. 1977)

A straight path, dotted with fallen brown leaves, lined by still-green trees.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"I’m sure I see a different kind of beauty in the people I love than they see in themselves. Maybe part of loving others is helping them see that beauty." - Maggie Smith, (b. 1977)

The Jones Falls in Baltimore: water streams past green banks. In the foreground, yellow flowers bloom.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

On Holy Cross Day: “It is through the way of the cross that Jesus gives glory to God, receives glory from God, and makes God’s glory known to us. The glory of the resurrection can never be separated from the glory of the cross. The risen Lord always shows us his wounds.” - Henri Nouwen, (1932-1996)

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

How shall I repay the Lord for all the good things he has done for me? (Psalm 116:10)

A monarch butterfly and a Eastern Tiger Swallowtail feasting on boneset, a green leafed plant with small white flowers.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

O Almighty God, who brings good out of evil and turns even the wrath of your children towards your promised peace: Hear our prayers this day as we remember those of many nations and differing faiths whose lives were cut short by the fierce flames of anger and hatred. (1/3)

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"That plants, including trees, hold the transformed breath of decades of human life in their physical form positions them as powerful vessels of the present, even as they represent and testify to history and those from their past." - Beronda L. Montgomery

Flanked by old, tall trees, the sun rises above St. Thomas' Episcopal Church in Owings Mills, surrounded by the churchyard and old stone wall.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"We have to live our natures out, the seed we call our soul unfolds over the course of a lifetime and there's no going back on who we are - that much I've learned from the trees." - from "Locust" by Julia Alvarez, (b. 1950)

Trees - with some brownish-red leaves mixed with the green.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"day draws near another one do what you can" - from "On Angels" by Czesław Miłosz, (1911-2004)

A blue sky, the sun rises behind a solitary tree surrounded by green grasses.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

On Labor Day: Almighty God, you have so linked our lives one with another that all we do affects, for good or ill, all other lives: So guide us in the work we do, that we may do it not for self alone, but for the common good; (1/2)

A mosaic of the Holy Family, with Joseph working at his carpentry table with the boy Jesus, who looks over to his seated mother.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Send out your light and your truth, that they may lead me, and bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling. (Psalm 43:3)

The sun sending out rays over the green fields and trees, graves and wall, around St. Thomas' Episcopal Church in Owings Mills, Maryland.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

"The highest knowledge is to know that we are surrounded by mystery." - Albert Schweitzer, (1875-1965)

Above a dark line of trees, a mostly cloudy gray sky.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"Wonder is the rush of life saturating us with its aliveness, the way sudden rain makes us smile, the way sudden wind opens our face. And while wonder can surprise us, our daily work is to cultivate wonder in ourselves and in each other." - Mark Nepo, (b. 1951)

The sun rising over a green field, lined by trees.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

"Wonder calls us back to the curiosity we are each born with, and it makes us want to move closer to what sparks our attention. (1/2)

A sky of blue and cloud, above a line of shadowed trees.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

"The ecological teaching of the Bible is simply inescapable: God made the world because He wanted it made. He thinks the world is good, and He loves it. It is His world; (1/2)

Black and white photo of a smiling Wendell Berry, arms crossed, in front of a gently flowing river.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The Prayer of Aidan of Lindisfarne (d. 651) Leave me alone with God as much as may be. As the tide draws the waters close in upon the shore, Make me an island, set apart, alone with you, God, holy to you. (1/2)

Clouds reflected in clear shallow water.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

“In the spirit there are no accidents, god is already ahead and waiting: the future is full.” - Fanny Howe, (1940-2025)

Bright sun, shining on lush green vegetation and an angular path.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

"You wish to be great, begin from the least. You are thinking to construct some mighty fabric in height; first think of the foundation of humility." - Augustine of Hippo, (354-430)

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

"...I know that hope is the hardest love we carry." - from "Hope and Love" by Jane Hirshfield, (b. 1953) #hope #love

A straight path, lined by green grass and trees, under a sky of blue and clouds tinged with pinkish-orange.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with all of you. (2 Thessalonians 3:16) #peace

A sky mixed with white/gray clouds and blue above a dark line of trees.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A beautiful prayer from the United Thank Offering in thanksgiving for the life of Dolly Parton, artist and humanitarian. May her soul, and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"...wonder is the precondition for all wisdom.” - Christian Wiman, (b. 1966)

The sun shining through a dense forest of green-leaved trees.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

"Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity." - Simone Weil, (1909-1943)

A black and white photo of Simone Weil wearing round glasses, looking off to the side.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

"It is not incumbent on you to finish the task. Neither are you free to give it up." - attributed to Rabbi Tarfon, (c. 100)

A straight road heading off into the distance, lined by green grass and trees.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

"If you don't care about people who lack housing or food or education, if you don't care about the elderly and the very young, I don't care about your beautiful ideas. That's what it comes down to. Sell it somewhere else because I really need to see the work and the action." - Min Jin Lee, (b. 1968)

Street scene: a sticker shaped like a red police siren on a utility pole reads: "Protect the Vulnerable. Help Those in Need." In the background, an unhoused man pushes his possessions in a shopping cart.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

“Ingratitude is the soul's enemy... Ingratitude is a burning wind that dries up the source of love, the dew of mercy, the streams of grace.” - Bernard of Clairvaux, (1090-1153)

An icon of Bernard of Clairvaux, wearing a white habit, his head surrounded by a halo.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

"The courage to be comes from living in a way that God's opinion is the one that matters most. What your relatives, what your colleagues, what your friends think of you is secondary to what God thinks of you, and acting on that." - Julius Lester, (1939-2018)

The sun shining through a stand of trees, one bent, almost like genuflection.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

"I remain hopeful - not because hope is easy but because it is necessary." - Daniel Umemezie, National Youth Poet Laureate, (b. 2008)

A monarch butterfly atop a butterfly bush with vibrant pink flowers, a brick building in the background.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

"We must always seek first God's vision and live our lives into that good tomorrow. This is our song of hope that leads us home, leads us home." - Emilie M. Townes, (b. 1955)

A straight path, curving in the distance, lined by lush green trees.

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Tom Murphy @tommurphe.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

On the Feast of Saint Mary the Virgin: “Mary is not passive. The image we've been shown has truth in it, but it is a limited truth. I derived great comfort in the fact that Mary was an earthly mother, that she went through a pregnancy as a teenage mother, (1/2)

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