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“If then your whole body is full of light . . .it will be wholly bright.“  Jesus in The Gospel of St. Luke, chapter 11 “To become aware is to see the light.” John O’Donahue Dawn marks a daily threshold; light driving out darkness. Each of us cross that divide without giving it much thought.…

‘Behold the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him,  on those who hope on his steadfast love, that he may deliver their soul from death.” Psalm 33:18-19 “When you’re young you have dreams, when you’re old you have memories.”  Jean Patrick “Do this in remembrance of me.”  Jesus of Nazareth Memorial Day…

“And a cloud hid Him from their sight.”  Acts 1 “When you are in a certain place, great love or kindness happens; it imprints itself on the ether of the place. When we pass there, hungry and needy in spirit, that loving imprint shines on us like an icon.”  John O’Donohue “Iona is a thin…

“My soul now magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.”  Mary’s Magnificat “There was translucent light coming from within me, and I saw clearly the Virgin Mary before me.”  Father Joseph As you know I was on retreat last week.  The Ladyminster monastery outside of Canon City, CO was the site…

(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…

“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…