"Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return." are the words we hear as we journey the aisle to receive on our foreheads this reminder of our humble (grounded) beginnings. "Repent and believe the Good News" is an option. This is the 34th time celebrating this season of Lent, of intentional Fasting, Prayer … Continue reading Ash Wednesday
Tag: Lent
On Lent & Spiritual Direction
I love Lent. I first practiced Lent 33 years ago while coming into full Communion with the Church through what was then RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) and is now OCIA (Order of Christian Initiation of Adults). The first time we try something it isn't easy. There were firsts along the way. In … Continue reading On Lent & Spiritual Direction
And so it begins
Happy Ash Wednesday. Where we as a collective voluntarily wander into the desert, take a look at our heart in the light of the beauty of God's Love. Or we wander over to Elijah's cave, to listen for God's voice. In Lent the call is to prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Three things that are part … Continue reading And so it begins
Rejecting Connection
Happy Easter! Christ is Risen, Alleluia. Apparently I took a blogging break during Lent. It was, as I've read here and there, something of a Lenty Lent. When the Holy Spirit prompts you to go a bit deeper you get to pick, do I go deeper or not. The Holy Spirit only needs an atom … Continue reading Rejecting Connection
Wonder and Awe
Last night as my Sweetie and I drove home from the parish mission, oh this had to be so good. Oh I kind of remember now. The memory thing was staring me right in the face, Wonder and Awe. I didn't know that in Confirmation that the Bishop prays for Wonder and Awe as one … Continue reading Wonder and Awe
Holy Week
It's happened often enough that I miss it that when I'm quilting I lose all sense of what's around me, focusing in on what I'm doing, what's happening under the needle that there is such a freedom and quiet in my head, it's sublimely sweet. I've been in that space in prayer once that I … Continue reading Holy Week
Ides of Lent
Spring is one of my two favorite seasons, the other is autumn particularly in the northern parts of the country where the autumnal display is eloquent. Spring here in Central Texas is different from spring in the northeast, as well it should be. While there is the winter shrouding it's not nearly as shrouded as … Continue reading Ides of Lent
Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters Day 36: Reflection/Reflecting
Sometimes I have moments where I imagine either giving quilt lectures, or faith talks. Quilts and faith are interrealted as evidenced by what I share here on this blog. I can, almost without hestiation share my quilting journey paying particular attention to the moments of growth, where in my faith life this isn't always so … Continue reading Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters Day 36: Reflection/Reflecting
Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters: Layers yet One
As I write this we are in the middle of a deep arctic cold, snow, icy rain winter event. It is, according to weather sources, a once in a generation event in Texas. My Sweetie was keeping an eye on the heating system at the Priory Sunday evening and around 9 PM we agreed that … Continue reading Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters: Layers yet One
Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters Day 23: Through
Towards the end of the first Catholic Book Study for Women in our parish I was invited to enter into community with a small faith sharing group. I told them about this Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters project and they are holding me accountable for finishing by the end of Lent. There are 18 … Continue reading Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters Day 23: Through
A Quilter's Heart 