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Happy Thanksgiving

We don’t need a lot of words when we talk with God. As Meister Eckhart, the Dominican mystic said, If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough

Gratitude Opens Us – Part 2

Many years ago I read the book Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer, by David Steindl-Rast, and loved it. The wisdom found there can be appreciated again and again. As we approach our national feast Thanksgiving, let us ask the Spirit to open our hearts to gratitude… Continue Reading “Gratitude Opens Us – Part 2”

Gratitude Opens Us

Appreciation is the vessel for future blessings. – Michael Berg

Weekly Photo Challenge: Green

New life and the color green – both remind me of hope. As I look out on evergreen trees from my window, I am reminded that the promise of life is all around me as the leaves of the not-so-evergreen trees fall to the… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Green”

Sharing Hope

People gain so much hope when they know they are not experiencing something alone. – Joyce Rupp

May We All Become Lovers

May those whose hell it is to hate and hurt be turned into lovers bringing flowers. Shantideva, 8th century

Open My Eyes

    Friday’s Responsorial Psalm is from Psalm 119. And we read: Open my eyes, that I may consider the wonders of your law.

What Is Your Heart’s Desire . . . Your Heart’s Delight?

Today’s Responsorial Psalm is from Psalm 37. I’m pretty sure I’ve shared this before, but verses 4 and 5 have always spoken to me about something that is key in discerning what God is calling us to. We need to listen to our hearts.… Continue Reading “What Is Your Heart’s Desire . . . Your Heart’s Delight?”

Weekly Photo Challenge: Renewal

I love the poetry of Wendell Barry; he is a man of hope. The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Renewal”

Let Us Make Hope Together

It is a huge danger to pretend that awful things do not happen. But you need enough hope to keep going. I am trying to make hope.  Flowers grow out of darkness. – Corita Kent When I was in high school I admired the… Continue Reading “Let Us Make Hope Together”