My parents come from different faith backgrounds, but they both had the same joyful openness to my vocation, they understood that my heart was with the California Carmelites! My Catholic father’s mother always wanted a religious in the family, so Dad in his own quiet way was pretty proud to see that his daughter had a vocation to religious life.
Heroism is all around us. We see and experience it every day. It becomes more evident during times of great challenge. At this time, we THANK in a...
“Behold the handmaid of the Lord.” These words hold within them a depth of mystery one can hardly fathom.
Take a moment in your day to simply stop and take in all of God’s creation in silence –it was made for you!
Lent can seem an intimidating task to us as well. Saint Joseph is just the guiding light for us to invite along for the journey.
The feast of Saint Patrick, crosses all religious, ethnic and even age groups to join people together in celebration. In a real sense this is the fulfillment of Jesus’ wish, “Father, may they all be one…”
My Beloved is the mountains …
The tranquil night
At the approaches of the dawn,
The silent music,
The murmuring solitude,
The supper which revives, and enkindles love.
Seeds are planted and their growth is a quiet one – a hidden growth deep in the soil followed by the tender shoots stretching through the earth and reaching for the sun.