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Bearing Lovely Fruit
The signs of spring are all around me and bursting with new life. I am feeling the positive energy of the earth itself as it reawakens with hope and joy. Soon Mother Nature will be bearing such lovely fruit. Today … Continue reading
Rings of Life
When they cut me open for surgery, the doctors won’t find rings like when you chop down a tree. They won’t see my life spilling out in memories or qualities either. The variations within the rings speak to when the … Continue reading
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Holes in Life
Sometimes life takes turns you do not see coming. That is my story. I have had this crazy amazing life, sprinkled with situations that are heartbreaking. I could have given up or become bitter. Self-pity might have taken a strong … Continue reading
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To the Rescue!
Love is this double-edged sword. It heals and inspires us and yet wounds and frightens us. Grief is love’s antonym. When we love, we risk loss. For the longest while after my sister died, I felt like I was the … Continue reading
Blessed Amidst Brokenness
I went for a walk early Saturday evening at the retreat centre I was at and saw this broken tree. I raised my camera and that was when I saw the cross before me. I lowered the lens and looked … Continue reading
Blessings and Betrayals
The veneration of the cross was something I learned to love on my first visit to Taize two decades ago. The cross laid on the floor allowed us to come forward and to lay our heads upon it. This way … Continue reading
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God Bends Low
This holy night gives us an example of how to live. God, in the form of a human being, as Jesus, kneels before us his creatures, takes off his outer garments–strips down to the bare minimum, takes a towel and … Continue reading
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Love Rooted
We celebrated a wonderful Deaf woman’s 98 years today with stories and memories, songs and Scripture. We filled a big church and stayed for hours afterwards. She was surely smiling down upon us, even if we shed a few tears … Continue reading
Love Up Close
In the Incarnation contemplation of the Second Week of the Spiritual Exercises, the director may hope that the retreatant picks up or is given the Baby Jesus to hold. This is a personal and up close moment if it happens. … Continue reading
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Love Conquers All
Ignatian Spirituality does not separate the cross from the cradle very much. Love came down with a purpose and and end in mind. Arriving clothed in human skin, God was destined to conquer all on the cross. This Christmas as … Continue reading
God in all things 