Feast of the Triumph of the Cross With their patience worn out by the journey, the people complained against God and Moses, "Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in this desert, where there is no food or water? We are disgusted with this wretched food!" In a way I had to … Continue reading Patience Worn out
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Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters: Day 12
Peace! Be Still Over the last month or so I've been reading Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of Faith by Bishop Robert Barron. Savoring really, as it's delightfully deep and rather accessible. While reading Chapter 6 A Body Both Suffering and Glorious: The Mystical Union of Christ and the Church, and reflecting on life … Continue reading Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters: Day 12
Giving in to Hope
"There, but for the Grace of God, go I" I've always disliked this saying from the first time I heard. This implying that God's grace belongs to a select few rather than those in the midst of some kind of difficulty i.e. poverty, physical impairment, mental impairment. This sentiment rears it's ugly head throughout scripture … Continue reading Giving in to Hope
Shepherd me
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
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
