The Divine Bridegroom Knocks
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock.” (Revelation 3:20) Jesus the Divine Bridegroom literally knocked on the door of my heart and asked to sing the Song of Songs to me on the evening of June 1, 2019. My twenty-seven year…
Just In Time
This blog was most easily written as a letter to my children and grandchildren–please know all its readers are my extended family in Our Lord! “God comes to us in the things we know best and can verify most easily,…
Catching the Distractions that Make Havoc of My Vineyard
“My dove, hiding in the clefts of the rock …” (Song of Songs 2:14) I used to be like that dove, hiding in the clefts of my own isolation. It felt too scary to go out into the world—a world…
Deep Calling Unto Deep
Sometimes the new year does not get off to the greatest start. This January has been a month of disappointments to be honest. One right after the next. Little ones. Nothing earth shattering. New York plans canceled four times. No…
The Healing Power of Creativity
When I was young, if you asked me what I wanted to be when I grow up, I would tell you “an artist” which was a bit ironic because I had trouble coloring within the lines and I couldn’t draw…
EPHPHATHA – “Be Opened”
"Let the Lord enter; he is the king of glory" (Ps 24) "Let the Lord enter..."--such a plea from the psalmist's heart to our hearts in this weekday Mass Responsorial, read as Advent unfolds into Christmas. Our parish has been engaged…
The Gift That Keeps Giving
How finite persons can give an infinite gift of self... “Where is life more conscious of its potency than in the pleasure of giving itself away? Must we not say that life is never more alive than when it gives…
Igniting the Fire of Divine Love
Inspired by the words of Revelation 3:15-16, St. Catherine of Siena wrote to one of her disciples, “See that you are not lukewarm but on fire … If you are what you ought to be, you will light a fire…
The Garden of my Life
My garden, once a sanctuary, was trampled upon by those closest to me – my own family. Years of betrayal and anguish left me feeling forsaken and utterly all alone. I tried to navigate life all by myself, but I…