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 - except they're not...
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 bride and...
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 thinking I must...
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. They...
The well isn’t totally dry
I've been eratic about posting of late. I can make all manner of excuses: busy, busy, busy. Or not much to say. Or too much to say. The truth is I've set some standards for myself that are sufficiently difficult to attain so they give me the opportunity to just not do...
Be still, and know that I am God
Be still and know that I am God. A command to a prophet, a command to me. Of late, I have felt this call growing stronger and stronger. It's not to name God. Naming is good for control or some power over things. To name something, especially a fear, but also an idea...
Life under the deck (more lessons from the dog)
There's something living under a part of our deck - my guess is chipmunks, but I've never seen them. What I have watched is Gracie's fascination with whatever is there. (Grace is a black mini-schnauzer) She stops suddenly, ears at attention, stub of a tail whirling...
Am I still breathing?
In Kings I there is the story of Elijah looking for the Lord to pass by his cave - there's a fierce wind, but the Lord is not in the wind, then there is an earthquake that shakes the earth, but the Lord isn't in the earthquake. After the earthquake is a great fire,...
How Can I Keep from Singing?
There's an old (Shaker?) hymn that has been keeping me company of late: My life flows on in endless song; Above earth’s lamentation I hear the sweet though far off hymn That hails a new creation: Through all the tumult and the strife I hear the music ringing; It...
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North American Vincentian Family Gathering
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The 2023 North American Vincentian Family Gathering will be held October 26-29 at DePaul University in Chicago, IL. The theme is Harmony in Diversity: Working for Social Justice and Fostering a Culture of Encounter through the Arts via a community-based, intergenerational experience of creativity and the arts to build up together a culture of encounter which embraces diversity in harmony.
More information here: HARMONY IN DIVERSITY