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Category Archives: quotations and reflections
Holy Words and Holy Work
Homily for the Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Richmond, VA Readings: Genesis 45:3-11, 15 1 Corinthians 15:35-38,42-50 Luke 6:27-38 Psalm 37:1-12, 41-42 It took me a full year to realize that the … Continue reading
Posted in quotations and reflections, sermons, work and life
Tagged Christianity, Dorothy Day, homily, Jesus, Love your enemies, Luke, Luke 6:27-38, quotations, quotes, saint, sermon
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Spirit is always moving…
Friends, I must tell you that this latest project of mine, Faith from the Margins to the Web, continues to delight and amaze me. Today, on that blog I also curate, there is an interview posted in preparation for Advent … Continue reading
Posted in quotations and reflections, Spiritual journey, work and life
Tagged addiction, Advent 2, connection, drugs, friendship, God, Grief, heroin, Holy Spirit, homelessness, hope, inspiration, memory, messenger, poverty, prophecy
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Magnificat
August 15: Feast of St. Mary My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in you, O God my Savior, for you have looked with favor on your lowly servant. From this day all generations will call … Continue reading
Novitiate
In the hazy stillness of afternoon sunlight, I cannot even observe what year it is. I have walked through double doors, cloistering myself away from the pace of life, the attachment of family, the security of that which I have … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and verse, quotations and reflections, Spiritual journey
Tagged calling, Christianity, meditation, monastery, postulancy, prayer, Retreat, spirituality, stillness, vocation
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Freedom Accolades
It’s an overcast southern afternoon on this Independence Day holiday and I am feeling the deep freedom of an unstructured day. Often, we are a family of nomadic wanderers on July 4th, packing up the car for a trip to … Continue reading
Owl Thoughts
This sight greeted me today, in the quiet of a Sunday afternoon. I keep seeing the eyes of this beautiful, majestic bird. In my head, heart, and soul, I keep hearing the imagery of one of my favorite poems of … Continue reading
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Tagged Mary Oliver, nature, owl, owls, photography, poem, poetry, Winter
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Charmed
You never know when a moment of serendipity will emerge; I suppose that is the point of these random acts of cosmic curiosity. Today, as we were driving home after my daughter’s guitar lesson through a crowded part of the … Continue reading
Posted in quotations and reflections, work and life
Tagged Celtic, celtic cross, celtic spirituality, charm, coincidence, iona, pendant, saints, Serendipity, st. columba, st. martin's cross, vintage
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Simple Gifts
The past few days have been both exhilarating and exhausting. I cannot fully recap in the brief words of a blog post what it means to bring a project like Turkeys of Thanks through to its conclusion, including the distribution … Continue reading
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Tagged grace, gratitude, music, poetry, prose, renewal, resurrection, simple gifts, soirituality, Tears, Thanksgiving, writing
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Prayer for Sleep
Sleep, O sleep in the calm of each calm. Sleep, O sleep in the guidance of all guidance. Sleep, O sleep in the love of all loves. Sleep, O beloved, in the Lord of life. Sleep, O beloved, in the … Continue reading
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Tagged calm, compline, labyrinth, photography, prayer, rest, sleep, spirituality, stillness
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Compline Prayer
Be present, O merciful God, and protect us through the hours of this night, so that we who are wearied by the changes and chances of this life may rest in your eternal changelessness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and verse, quotations and reflections, Spiritual journey
Tagged Christianity, compline, Contemplation, faith, God, night, photography, poetry, prayer, rest, spirituality
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