Opening the Door
I was just catching up on Creo en Dios! after vacation and the week of reentry. The most recent post, Inviting Jesus In, certainly caused a flashback for me. It brought me back to a penance service over 10 years ago. At the time, I felt a dead inside as I think is…
Wind in the Willows — well birches
Late yesterday I took a stroll behind the cabin in Maine where we were spending the 4th of July with my husband’s family. “The wind in the willows” ran through my mind, until I had to go and give them their proper names… The wind in the willows…
Wedding Season
My niece got married last Saturday. A moderate sized affair, with a judge doing the honors. Family all around. I don’t know where the idea came from, but the nicest touch was the roses. Two long stemmed roses, one tucked into the flowers at each side of the…
Intercessions
This moring I paused and reread/prayed this prayer than hangs in my kitchen (The traditional title is “17th Century Prayer”) Lord, Thou knowest better than I know myself than I am growing older & will someday be old. Keep me from the fatal habit of…
Pachabel: Canon in D
Soul Music. World Music. Music of the Universe… The opening measures of the cello repeat throughout the entire piece, like the eternal music of the soul. Deep, grounded, constant. And then the higher strings chime in and begin to move atop the solid foundation….