Happy Sunday dear ones While praying Office of Readings and Morning Prayer there is a deeper sense of a call, need, desire, longing to live a life of prayer and praise with the recognition and realization that the body is good, a temple of the Holy Spirit. Exercise of body and mind Taking time to … Continue reading Sunday Morning Musings
Tag: Creation
From the Journal Page
I thought today I’d come to journaling this way. Thoughts run through my head at speed seeking attention, then like the wind wandering off just outside my reach. I’m thinking of the articles I’m reading for ISD and todays readings for Mass, and pausing to look at the apps because. . . squirrel! The first … Continue reading From the Journal Page
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
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
Posted Love
This morning after video messaging a friend singing, "girl you're amazing just the way you are!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjhCEhWiKXk the thought of sitting in a quiet Church yesterday and thinking about the first reflection for Forty Days of Prayer for the Creative bounced against the inner walls of my head like so many bouncy balls. Genesis 1 … Continue reading Posted Love
As you may know
In both Creation stories in the book of Genesis God Created the physical world, giving it form, function, whimsy, oddity, and people. It is the people who are entrusted with the care of the physical world. God gave us, and therefore dignified work. Most work is good, giving us the opportunity to grow closer to … Continue reading As you may know