Archive for April 2026

(This next week I will be going on an individual reading and writing retreat at the Ladyminster monastery, so I may take a hiatus from writing this blog) “After this many of Jesus’ disciples turned away and no longer walked with him.”  The Gospel according to St. John “I lost the friends that I needed…

“I Am . . . with you always.”  Jesus The Christ “Learning to pay attention to God’s Presence . . . is the foundation of the life of prayer.”[1] David Benner “The Word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart.” St. Paul When Moses asked God “his” name, the response was simply,…

“We are vulnerable to absence, because we so deeply desire presence.”  John O’Donohue “We know as long as we are alive here on earth, we are absent from the Lord.” St. Paul Who do you miss? Who is gone from your life that you wish you had back?  If you had just one day to…

“Early on the first day of the week Mary went to the tomb . . . Jesus said to her, ‘Mary’ . . . and she said Rabboni.” John 21 “Be faithful unto death, and I will give you a crown of life.” Rev. 2:10 The first witness to the resurrection was a woman.  According…