Shepherd me O God About twenty years ago I was the Vocations Coordinator for a ministry, working through Papal Encyclicals and other Church documents training our new volunteers. I didn't realize it at the time that I was good at that and loved training the new lay ministers. There great sense of joy in that … Continue reading Shepherd me
Category: Catholic
Teaching and Speaking
Before sharing more today please allow me to encourage a reading of Elizabeth's Scalia's How to Restore a Church in Scandal? Begin with a Collective Confession at the Word on Fire website. This honest look at our priestly call as laity, how we can help the Church not only heal, but be better. Our Shepherds … Continue reading Teaching and Speaking
Living Deeply
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1ntir3qgdY Hosea, in all it's loveliness, came to mind this morning. Long have I waited for your coming home to me and living deeply our new life. The book of Hosea tells of prophet, his marriage to a 'woman of ill repute', a separation, and a return to relationship. This allegorical book aptly, and adequately … Continue reading Living Deeply
Leadership Flipped
This mornings serenade from the heavenly places: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI1OeQfkVyI The first reading from Jeremiah for Sunday July 22 from the USCCB website: Woe to the shepherds who mislead and scatter the flock of my pasture, says the LORD. Therefore, thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, against the shepherds who shepherd my people: You have … Continue reading Leadership Flipped
Offering Mercy & Compassion
I got a yes to a project. Pray with me friends, it's a long term project and one my heart greatly desires to complete. This week, in more than one place, the story of the Samaritan woman at the well came up in all it's glorious beauty. this story, this action of Jesus, speaks to … Continue reading Offering Mercy & Compassion
Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters – Day 11
The Crucifx hanging over the alter captured my attention, keeping it through most of the personal prayer time and part of the Mass. Jesus seems to be standing, legs and arms strong and well defined, he's looking toward heaven, I imagine him saying, "Father forgive them, they know not what they do." The Crucifix often depicts … Continue reading Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters – Day 11
Sunday Thinking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJIwvMNAAlI The haunting melody of "You were on the Cross" caught my attention while reflecting on my writing being crap. Realizing that doing that thing we, as humans, as quilters, do when we're berating ourselves just one more time I stopped. Tuned into the lyrics, tuned into my love, and gratitude for God. Lyrics: Lost, … Continue reading Sunday Thinking
Creative Communion
We have to go back to the very beginning, to the Genesis account of Adam and the garden. The ancient rabbinic interpreters appreciated the first human being as the prototypical priest and the Garden of Eden as the primordial temple. In fact, the same Hebrew term is used to designate Adam’s cultivation of the soil … Continue reading Creative Communion
Another Dream
Sometimes Dreaming reminds us of other dreams, imagined long ago, in another place, another time. The place, the space, the thoughts, the potential. The Dream. I can see this, the talks, the chatter, the writing, the stitching, the going out into nature, the looking toward home, the being present, the serving. The dream bubbled up to the … Continue reading Another Dream
Waking up with a Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dZMBrGGmeE There was a time when I woke up to a song every morning, a bit of sweetness beginning the day. During the dry time over the winter it stopped completely, or I couldn't hear it. The songs have been popping up now and again over the last few weeks. This morning the refrain to … Continue reading Waking up with a Song
A Quilter's Heart 