Category Archives: The Rev. Alice Cabotaje Roshi

[AUDIO AND TEXT] Note: this is the first Holy Week retreat talk given by The Rev. Alice Cabotaje Roshi. Reading: Psalm 19 c Help me to be aware of my selfishness, but without undue shame or self-judgment. Let me always feel you present,     in every atom of my life. Let me keep surrendering my self    Continue reading “holy week 2024: maundy thursday”

[AUDIO AND TEXT] Note: this is the second Holy Week retreat talk given by The Rev. Alice Cabotaje Roshi. Reading: Although It is Night For I know well the spring that flows and runs,although it is night,that eternal, hidden spring;I know well where it has its rise. I do not know its origin, for itContinue reading “holy week 2024: good friday”

[AUDIO AND TEXT] Note: this is the third Holy Week retreat talk given by The Rev. Alice Cabotaje Roshi. ReadingIn silence it speaks, in speaking it is silent.The great gate of charity is open, there are no obstructions.If someone asks, “What truth have you realized?”I say, “The power of transcendent wisdom.” Sometimes “yes”, sometimes “no”Continue reading “holy week 2024: silent saturday”

[AUDIO AND TEXT] Note: this is the concluding Holy Week retreat talk given by The Rev. Alice Cabotaje Roshi. Reading:See And Taste The Flowing Godhead Lie down in the FireSee and taste the flowing Godheadthrough your being;Feel the Holy Spiritmoving and compelling youwithin the flowingfire and light of God. – Mechthilda of Magdeburg (1210-1297) GoodContinue reading “holy week 2024: easter sunday”

[AUDIO AND TEXT] Note: this is the first Holy Week retreat talk given by The Rev. Alice Cabotaje Roshi. Reading: John 13:12-17 (New International Version) 12 When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them. 13 “You call me ‘Teacher’ andContinue reading “holy week 2023: maundy thursday”

[AUDIO AND TEXT] Note: this is the second Holy Week retreat talk given by The Rev. Alice Cabotaje Roshi. Reading: Philippians 2:5-8 (New International Version) 5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in very nature[a] God,    did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;7 rather,Continue reading “holy week 2023: good friday”

[AUDIO AND TEXT] Note: this is the third Holy Week retreat talk given by The Rev. Alice Cabotaje Roshi. Good morning. Thank you for being here today; for continuing to practice and support one another in silence, in spirit, and with your presence. Over the past two days, I have spoken about surrender, about deathContinue reading “holy week 2023: black saturday”

[AUDIO AND TEXT] Note: this is the concluding Holy Week retreat talk given by The Rev. Alice Cabotaje Roshi. Reading:Awad Afifi, a 19th century Tunisian Sufi teacher, drew his wisdom from the desert. Once upon a time in a far and distant place, on a high mountain, a gentle rain began to fall. At firstContinue reading “holy week 2023: easter sunday”

[AUDIO AND TEXT] This is the 1st talk given by The Rev. Alice Cabotaje Roshi at the Holy Week 2022 retreat. Reading: Holy Thursday, 14 April 2022 | Psalm 139:1-18 O God, you have searched me and you know me.You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.You discernContinue reading “intimacy with God, intimacy with ultimate reality”

[AUDIO AND TEXT] This is the 2nd talk given by The Rev. Alice Cabotaje Roshi at the Holy Week 2022 retreat. Reading: Peter Denies Jesus | Luke 22: 54-62 (New Revised Standard Version) 54 Then they seized him and led him away, bringing him into the high priest’s house. But Peter was following at a distance. 55 WhenContinue reading “the sound of the rooster crowing”