Tag: photography

Our Lady of Lourdes

Today is the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, so today I include both a photo from the Basilica at Lourdes, France, and a lovely stanza from the poem, “Our Lady of Lourdes”, by Francesca Brennan. Beneath small Lourdes gray-blue sky Cool February’s airs… Continue Reading “Our Lady of Lourdes”

Photo Challenge: Home

Take more time, cover less ground. – Thomas Merton Dancing in the Waters of Life

What Else Is There?

Lâ ilâha illâ Allâh. (There is nothing other than the One.) -Qur’ân 37:35 and 47:19

Light and Beauty – Light and Salvation

Today’s Responsorial Psalm is from Psalm 27. The Lord is my light and my salvation. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom should I fear? The LORD is my life’s refuge; of whom should I be afraid? The Lord is my light… Continue Reading “Light and Beauty – Light and Salvation”

Pray Your Distractions

The crowded bus, the long queue, the railway platform, the traffic jam, the neighbor’s television sets, the heavy-footed people on the floor above you, the person who still keeps getting the wrong number on your phone. These are the real conditions of your desert.… Continue Reading “Pray Your Distractions”

Remember All that God Has Done

To find the kingdom is the easiest thing in the world but also the most difficult. Easy because it is all around you and within you, and all you have to do is reach out and take possession of it. Difficult because if you… Continue Reading “Remember All that God Has Done”

Photo Challenge: Unique

Today’s reading from the Letter to the Hebrews is very stirring and encourages us to persevere. Brothers and sisters: Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us and… Continue Reading “Photo Challenge: Unique”

Where Is Your Hope?

In today’s Responsorial Psalm – Psalm 31 – we read: Let your hearts take comfort, all who hope in the Lord. How great is the goodness, O LORD, which you have in store for those who fear you, And which, toward those who take… Continue Reading “Where Is Your Hope?”

What is Prayer?

Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness. – Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel

Love Never Fails

Today’s reading is that beloved passage from Paul’s letter to the Corinthians about love. It speaks for itself. Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, it is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek… Continue Reading “Love Never Fails”