Archive for March 2026

“He went ahead, ascending into Jerusalem” Luke 19:28 “Ride on, Ride on, In Majesty; In lowly pomp Ride On to die.”[1] “There is a presence who walks the road of life with you.  This presence accompanies your every moment.  It shadows your every thought and feeling. On your own, or with othe4rs, it is always…

“The Lord God formed mankind from the clay of the ground.”  Genesis 1:7 “It is mysterious that the human body is clay.”  John O’Donohue[1] “The body—this dazzling flesh we inhabit—is the necessary vehicle by which everything in creation connects.”  Belden C. Lane[2] Anam Cara.  Soul Friend.  I’ve been basing these recent blogs on the book…

“In a little while you will not see me.  And then in a little while you will see me again.”  Jesus “My heart will not rest until it rests in Thee.”  St, Augustine “Absence holds the echo of a fractured intimacy.” O’Donohue Life’s ultimate terminus is death.  A final departure from all that one has…

“The soul needs love as urgently as the body needs air.” John O’Donohue “When we love, and allow ourselves to be loved, we begin more and more to inhabit the kingdom of the eternal.”  John O’Donohue Love inhabits many faces. It begins with the face of our mother. From there it may be the face…

“I Am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end.”  Revelation 22:13 “Every day we begin again.” St. Benedict “Closing time, every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” From the song “Closing Time” by Semisonic There is a curious phenomenon—dare I say illness?—that sets in as one ages.  I will call…