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Sharing Our Abundance
Our Advent reading is from Isaiah today: On this mountain the Lord of hosts will provide for all peoples , a feast of rich food and choice wines, juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines. – Isaiah 25:6 If we open our eyes an… Continue Reading “Sharing Our Abundance”
What Do We See? What Do We Hear?
In today’s passage from Luke 10: 21-24, we read: Many . . . desired to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it. (Luke 10:24) What do I choose not to see?… Continue Reading “What Do We See? What Do We Hear?”
Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflection
What an auspicious theme as we begin the Season of Advent: Reflection! And what better place to reflect than in the desert? The photo above was taken while I was driving with another sister from Minnesota to California. It is from the part of… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflection”
The Season of Advent Begins
While the stores are all decked out in their Christmas attire, our churches are holding out and putting out blue or purple and an Advent wreath. And just what is Advent? I like how Richard Rohr, OFM, puts it in his book, Preparing for… Continue Reading “The Season of Advent Begins”
The Beautiful San Francisco Bay
Today is the last day of the Church Year, since tomorrow is the First Sunday of Advent. Our Psalm today is Psalm 95, and we read: For the Lord is a great God, and a great ruler above all gods; In God’s hands are… Continue Reading “The Beautiful San Francisco Bay”
The Last Thankful Post from November
Gratitude is welcome in every season, but as we see out the month of November, here is one more “grateful” quote. Gratitude is heaven itself. – William Blake
Whose Are We?
Today we hear from Psalm 100. Know that the Lord is God; God made us, we belong to God; God’s people and tended flock.
Where Is Your Quest Taking You?
Each minute of life should be a divine quest. – Paramahansa Yogananda
All Creation Rejoices!
Today’s Responsorial Psalm is Psalm 96. Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea and what fills it resound; let the plains be joyful and all that is in them! Then shall all the trees of the forest exult.
Rejoicing in Creation
Today’s Responsorial Psalm is from Psalm 24. The Lord’s are the earth and its fullnes; the world and those who dwell in it. For God founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. That pretty much covers everything!
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