It’s about needing, not about deserving
Why do I try to help people in need? It hit me yesterday that that the answer is in the question: Need. I listen to those around and hear phrases like "no one is more deserving of help than ...." and yesterday that just struck me as off-base. Mine is not to judge...
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Sisters
My sisters - the 3 other women that I share breakfast and life with on Wednesday mornings - are truly my sisters in Christ. It's amazing what happens week after week. One of the questions we reflect on is "when was I most aware of Christ's presence this week?" Doh!...
Traveller, there is no road…
When I set this site up, JF sent me the quote "Traveller, there is no road. It is made by walking." A bit of wisdom from a member of the International Association of Charity. This seems to converge with a story I heard once that shed light on the proclamation of Jesus...
Is it Love that brings you here, or Love that brings you life?
That line always bugged me - I've never quite understood it. It always seemed that why would you be getting married (the line is from Paul Stookey's Wedding Song) if it wasn't Love that brought you here. A glimmer of light: if it's not Love that brings you life,...
You’re in a maze of twisty little passages
Sometime it feels like a maze - maybe it's just the labyrinth aspect. Sunday, I found myself at mass listening carefully to both the homily looking for the non-masculine elements. Jack is really a wonderful preacher. There is a deep spirituality in the man that...
Serendipity
Last night I caught most of "The Spoken Word" on GPB - a talk by a historian on which facts are true in The DaVinci Code. It was interesting... and I did find out a bit more about some of the "lost gospels." The strength of The DaVinci Code still seems to be 2-fold: a...
Picking Up Stones
At the Foot of Knocknarea (Cathie Ryan:The Music of What Happens) is a song about a woman carrying a stones to the top of Knocknarea to leave at Queen Mave's (sp?) cairn - a stone that bears all her troubles. I'm picking through the stones I'd like to leave at the...
On Eagle’s Wings
I think I might just sing the refrain differently if I don't watch it: And She will raise you up on eagle's wings Bear you on the breath of dawn Make you to shine like the sun And hold you in the palm of Her hand. I've been listening to "On the Wing" on the Radio...
Learning what I already knew
I've reached a point in my reading of Dissident Daughter that has shown me that I have already absorbed a lot of the ideas - only with different words. I'll never be as articulate or organized as Sue (I feel like I know her so well through the reading, we must be on...
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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