A wise priest once said, "we don't need new teaching, we need reminders." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q40vLWAOYJ4 My Sweetie and I attended the Catholic Charismatic Renewal Conference in Scranton over the weekend. This years theme, " He makes me lie down in green pastures. . . .He restores my soul." Psalm 23: 2, 3. Speakers Dr. Carol Razza, … Continue reading A Weekend of Renewal
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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
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
Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters – Day 10
In our Body Quilting is, by it's nature, from beginning to end a tactile and visual experience. We experience every step of quilting through the senses of touch, and sight. If you're a hand quilter think about the motion of rocking the needle through the hooped up layers, loading the needle with consistent stitches, pulling … Continue reading Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters – Day 10
Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters – Day 9
The weather over the last few weeks has allowed me the opportunity to enjoy the back yard, the birds, reading, writing, and the local choir. https://www.instagram.com/p/BkQyVJ1DkMr/?taken-by=terilucas This has added to, completed, the sense of peace, renewal. (With a minor rather overwhelming detour into the land of unworthiness and insecurity.) These are moments bending low in … Continue reading Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters – Day 9
Lord, You are Funny and I love you for it
or How I started writing the thing I need to write Staring at the computer screen waiting for the words to flow from the space between the ears, glasses on, glasses off, scratch head. Wonder. Self-doubt fills the air, the space in my heart, the space in my head. Typing starts. Backspacing to erase said … Continue reading Lord, You are Funny and I love you for it
Links and a Review
Elizabeth Scalia shared an image of the Sacred Heart at Word on Fire that spoke to my heart. You can see the full image here. Today is the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus it is a moment to focus on the all-consuming, passionate, compassionate, sweet, refreshing love of Jesus for us. I was … Continue reading Links and a Review
Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters – Day 7
Maybe You're Thirsty - Revisited This phrase comes to mind now and again, often when the moments of life are pointing every which way. Drinking when thirsty quenches and nourishes our bodies. We need water to live, for our bodies to function, to process food, to eliminate waste, to cry tears of joy, grief, relief, … Continue reading Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters – Day 7
Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters – Day 6
Come Holy Spirit! From all of our beginnings, we keep reliving the Garden story. Satan, he wanted more. More power, more glory. Ultimately, in his essence, Satan is an ingrate. And he sinks his venom into the heart of Eden. Satan’s sin becomes the first sin of all humanity: the sin of ingratitude. Adam and … Continue reading Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters – Day 6
A Quilter's Heart 