Feb 19, 2017 | love, prayer
You, O LORD, are God and you are my God so teach me to love my enemy, which is my own spirit: to love my spirit despite her cowardice and to believe that she is capable of fierce strength for bold living. Teach me to love my enemy, which is my own heart: to love my...
Feb 15, 2017 | books, love, review
Time and time again, I am blessed to know the good people and the beautiful work of Paraclete Press. Most recently, I am moved by the thoughtfulness of word and art in Paraclete’s new book, Love Never Fails: A Journal to be Inspired by the Power of Love by Hilda...
Jan 20, 2017 | images of God, love, prayer
You would do well to be attentive: attentive to Love as to a lamp at midnight attentive to Solidarity as to an oasis in the desert attentive to Glory as to a lullaby at bedtime attentive to Humility as to a seed freshly planted attentive to Hospitality as to a path...
Dec 24, 2016 | Advent, Christmas, images of God, Jesus, love
Give your reverence. Give your awe. Give your silence, your humility, your rapturous tears. Give all in honor of the Child who is God’s glory, And let there be peace. Let there be glad penance. Let there be no room in your heart for aught but love. on Luke...
Dec 19, 2016 | Advent, love, prayer
If your love had a measure, O LORD, it would be the length of the ocean tides in time and distance and constancy. If your love was a song, O LORD, it would be the symphony of forests with aspens clapping, foxes barking, streams babbling. If your love was a story, O...
Dec 17, 2016 | Advent, justice, love
Do not fail, o my heart. Do not be discouraged though the waiting is long and the wellspring of justice is far off. Do not faint, o my heart. Do not be weak in waiting but roar with the fullness of your life with the ferocity of your wildest dreams. Do not grow weary,...
