Gaudete!
When I make my morning tea and pray the Angelus, the little buds whisper, "Spring is coming."
Category: incarnation
The Epiphany Blessing: 20+C+M+B+16
Epiphany (Greek for epiphaneia, manifestation) is the holy day remembering Jesus Christ’s revealing to the world and has been celebrated since at least th...
Candlemas
Known by a number of names, Candlemas, or the Presentation, remembers Mary and Joseph bringing Jesus to the Temple to be offered in service to the Lord as a fir...
Celtic Advent: 40 Days of Joy, Love and Gratitude
Please see the 2023 updated version of the calendar here. For each day, from November 15 until Epiphany, I’ve thought of one thing I can do to practice ...
Deeper Magic
Hungry and tired, she waited for the campus bus, the visible world reduced to the lamp light’s reach. The chill made her burrow deeper into her jacket, th...
Into The Deep
I love the gothic, shadowed depths of a medieval dungeon or ruin. In fact, I was delighted to find a tea shop in the Christ Church Cathedral crypt, Dublin, down...
The Deeper Magic
Hungry and tired, she waited for the campus bus, the visible world reduced to the lamp light’s reach. The chill made her burrow deeper into her jacket, th...
{Day 26} The Contemplative Body, Part 3
The third challenge I find to contemplative awareness and the body (mind, heart, spirit) is that we often continue to do things that we know from past experienc...
{Day 24} The Contemplative Body, Part 1
Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. W...