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It’s Pentecost. The day when we celebrate the birth of the church — fully blown and ecstatic to the point of drunkenness on the gift of the Holy Spirit firing us up into action. A day… Read More
This morning’s candle is your full round mother moon pale gold in the southern sky – My chant is the sound of sister wind rustling the palms before the birdies wake. I kneel… Read More
Today’s Prayer: It’s no little thing to wake in the morning to the memory of a friend’s laugh from last night still there for me to smile about. Amen
Today’s Prayer: In the dark — shades up watching for the morning sky to break. I am waiting for the window bright that will be greater than the glow of this monitor screen… Read More
Today’s Prayer Let’s all take a minute to acknowledge your peace — left for us…. given to us to share with each other. Help us do that today — especially when we can’t… Read More
Today’s Prayer: Once again, I am reminded that you in each extra-ordinary person joined together with a common bond is a power bigger than me alone. It seems like it would be obvious.… Read More
Something changed in me as I witnessed the same people who stood on line day after day for socks or tiny bottles of shampoo – willingly stand in line again and without any shame or embarrassment that I could see, reverence the sign of salvation.
I wanted what they had.
When I returned the next night for Easter Vigil, I knew I wanted to receive the bread of Heaven and the cup of salvation.
I knew I would have to come to the Cross first.
Reblogged from Broken But Not Divided: We gathered after Mass on February 17 for our Lenten retreat based on story telling. Jeremy Marks and myself each told stories from our lives that opened… Read More
I am skeptical about these sausage curls unwinding from the hot iron. They ring my head and conjure up Shirley Temple or that horrible Nellie Oleson who tormented good little Laura and Mary… Read More