The Readings for the Easter Vigil are rich, full, and deep. Re-presenting, telling our faith history all in one moment. When all of the readings are included, there are options, the Mass is quite long. It's also my favorite Mass of the year. This Mass contains within it the breadth and depth of who we … Continue reading The Easter Vigil
Category: prayer
Good? Friday!
This afternoon I'll be in Church for a couple of hours celebrating the Passion of our Lord. The readings of the day are really rich, recounting Jesus' betrayal, right through his death. The way the Gospel is read the community responds with "Crucify Him! Crucify Him!" at those moments when Jesus is condemned. I remember … Continue reading Good? Friday!
Spring
This time of year is very special to me, it's spring. It's a time for rebirth. The earth is awakening after a long winters nap, a rest, a respite. I get the need for a respite. We all need a respite. Down time to regroup and be still. The gray overcast, blech. The subtle change … Continue reading Spring
Love your neighbor as you love yourself
Mark 12: 30 & 31 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” This one has been in my draft … Continue reading Love your neighbor as you love yourself
Gratitude in the “strange” places
The last week or so I've found myself worrying about a few things that I have no control over. I just don't. Someone else does. The worrying leads to self-doubt and this barely resistible urge to run at top speed to some place else. Greener pastures or what appears to be greener pastures. The other … Continue reading Gratitude in the “strange” places
A hand
I woke up with a couple of things on my mind: a bio I have to write for the magazine. Writing those for others is fairly easy, writing about myself eh, not quite so much. Then there's the whole choosing a bio pic, do I choose one of the professional ones or one of the … Continue reading A hand
niggling at the back of my head
Advent's over and Christmas is in full swing and a thought has been niggling at the back of my brain for weeks. Years probably. Throughout this entire Advent season for sure. The tune Santa Clause is Coming to Town has been that ear worm driving the niggling. Why, oh why? Ear worms often make no sense … Continue reading niggling at the back of my head
One final 2014 Pondering moment
sometimes I sit in front of this computer and feel something of a fraud yearning to really trust in the grace and mercy of God and sometimes behaving as though I've got my sh*t together in a way that is not the kindest toward others or towards myself. I long to be just that kind … Continue reading One final 2014 Pondering moment
Giving thought to Emotions and Difficult Times
It's Advent. A time of waiting, quietude, expectancy. It's hard to walk quietly through Advent and not anticipate too much what comes next. Christmas is in our faces from late summer/early fall. "Christmas! Christmas! Time is here!" When I wrote Come to the Quiet, about grief it was just a few days shy of the … Continue reading Giving thought to Emotions and Difficult Times
2015 Word of the Year
Bilbo sings: The Road goes ever on and on, Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can, Pursuing it with eager feet, Until it joins some larger way Where many paths and errands meet. And whither then? I cannot say. Here I … Continue reading 2015 Word of the Year
A Quilter's Heart 