As I grow older, and my spiritual quest becomes deeper, I am increasingly aware of the many false images and walls I have built up over the course of my life. It is not the same as identifying false images ‘out there’ in the world or in society. Identifying false images in myself takes a […]
Category: Faith & Spiritual
Do you really want to be healed?
There is a price that comes with good health – Responsibility. When we’re sick or crippled, we have an excuse to bum and let other people do the hard work for us. While we don’t live to the fullest, we may be able to get along quite comfortably with that chip on the shoulder. And […]
More than words
As 2008 drew to a close this week, God gave me a glimpse of what 2009 holds for me: Healing and mission. This past couple of weeks, I have realized that there are some parts of my life that require the healing touch of the Divine Physician. In fact, the last two weeks have culminated […]
Christmas
When Christ said: “I was hungry and you fed me,” he didn’t mean only the hunger for bread and for food; he also meant the hunger to be loved. Jesus himself experienced this loneliness. He came amongst his own and his own received him not, and it hurt him then and it has kept on […]
I give thanks
Thank you Lord For friends and family who love me For the gift of their time and presence For the sincerity in their gaze and the warmth of their hugs And thank you Lord For every high and every low of every day For joy and for sorrow For despair and for hope But most […]
The illusion of control
So much of human social evolution has emphasized mastery and control – over both self and external factors – we have quite lost an accurate grasp of the limits of our control. Must it take natural disasters, financial meltdowns and terrorist attacks for us to gain an inkling at how little control we actually possess […]
I will serve only thee
Now and then, a song I’ve heard many times over suddenly takes on a new meaning. Today, this song which is part of a collection of animated stories from the Bible touched me more deeply than it ever had. Just this past Sunday, the Catholic community celebrated the feast of Christ the King which is […]
Here and now
How many of us are torn by our regrets of the past, anxiety for our future, and the thousand and one things that demand our attention daily? How many of us covet relationships and material things that we do not have? How many of us look for salvation and relief in the people we love? […]
Accepting limitations
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. – Viktor E. Frankl When things that frustrate me occur, do I react instinctively? Blindly? Or can I pause? I am learning to dwell longer in that space […]
Sisters in Christ
When I stopped wishing and looking for intimate friends who could understand me, God gave me sisters. Thank you, Lord, for giving me friends who love me, and who share my love for you. Thank you for close friends with whom I can bare my soul and share my deepest struggle and most profound joy […]
Journey of the Heart 