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June 26, 2015
Mystics & Prophets: How Nuns Spend their Summer Vacation: Summertime is a time of relaxation, barbecues and pool parties. If you are in religious life, it is also a time for chapters, community meetings and retreats. These are times of spiritual renewal and of co...
April 18, 2015
Mystics & Prophets: Older and Indebted Candidates for Religious Life: I often work with communities when they are considering candidates for entrance into their formation programs. ...
December 5, 2014
Mystics & Prophets: Sisters 2.0: Sisters 2.0 is a movement of the new generations of women religious. In this peer-led, self- organized space, we network for visioning and...
November 8, 2014
Mystics & Prophets: Sisters 2.0: Sisters 2.0 is a movement of the new generations of women religious. In this peer-led, self- organized space, we network for visioning and...
October 11, 2014
We had a big meeting of nuns a week ago, and we were asked to bring a small symbol of Jesus' heart with us. I brought this red heart:
September 24, 2014
I'm teaching a course tonight on the Trinity--that great mystery that is at the heart of Christianity and Christian life. I'm a little nervous because it's hard to talk about something so big and so bound up in the unknown. But Pseudo-Dionysius helps, with his hymn at the beginning of "The Mystical Theology."
September 17, 2014
I'm leading and preaching for mid-day prayer today, and I've chosen to use the first reading for the Feast of St. Robert Bellarmine, rather than tackle either of the mass readings today. But really, I'm just talking about the saint himself. Enjoy.
August 24, 2014
Mystics & Prophets: Community Discernment: In personal discernment, I ask: How to I know where to go? Where God is calling? Where to walk? Where to put my hands in service?
August 3, 2014
When he disembarked and saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them….
the disciples approached him and said, "… dismiss the crowds so that they can go to the villages and buy food for themselves." Jesus said to them, "…give them some food yourselves."
But they said to him, "Five loaves and two fish are all we have here."
July 18, 2014
Today we learned that one of our sisters from Australia was on board the plane that was shot down yesterday over Ukraine. Her name was Phil (Philomene) Tiernan, and she was much loved by so many. I had only met her about three weeks ago, and had lovely and meaningful conversations in a very short time. She will be missed, that is certain. Her presence on that plane makes the violence of our world more real and personal, too. (Her story has been picked up by news sites, which include some lovely pictures: try
July 14, 2014
Nothing in all creation is so like God as stillness.
Meister Eckhart
July 12, 2014
Mystics & Prophets: Spirit Freely Flowing...: Just an update on the ecovillage, house, community. Ecovillage : I'm enjoying the ecovillage community and our shared interest and e...
June 21, 2014
Mystics & Prophets: Sisters 2.0 Quarterly Phone Call: We gathered for our regular quarterly call to share the Spirit that is stirring among us, and to talk about future oriented initiatives ...
June 20, 2014
A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter,
he who finds one finds a treasure.
A faithful friend is beyond price,
no sum can balance his worth.
May 7, 2014
Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice!
Your kindness should be known to all. The Lord is near.
Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition,
with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God....
February 3, 2014
It has been way too long since I've posted! Today I preached for our mid-day prayer service, an impossible gospel! And so I would like to share my preaching here.
Today's gospel reading was Mark 5:1-20, the healing of the Gerasene demoniac, but I also talk about yesterday's gospel, the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple. Both readings can be found at the USCCB's website.
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