In a world filled with noise, stress, and anxiety, the sounds of monks or nuns singing in a quiet church, filling it with ancient strains of praise to God can bring an otherworldly comfort. However, as beautiful as it...
YOU ARE HERE(after Rainer Maria Rilke’s Book of Hours) You are the now and not-yet, the darkened dawn just beforethe first rays rise and you are the rays that pierce and prod.You are the siren screeching through city streetsdropping...
February 26th We look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are unseen are eternal. —II Corinthians 4:18 Turn your...
Be restored by the comforting words of the 23rd Psalm.Sung by the Gloriæ Dei Cantores onHe Has Heard My Voice: Psalms of Faithfulness and Hope
Why keep silence? We know it brings relaxation and a sense of peace. We have heard that the rediscovery of mindfulness is good for well being. It counteracts the stress of the modern world. It helps us to be more...
Chapter 1: The New World From Glory Happening: Finding the Divine in Everyday Placesby Kaitlin B. Curtice
“Remember how for forty years now the Lord, your God, has directed all your journeying in the desert. . . .” —Deuteronomy 8:2 (nab) As I was about to begin a silent eight-day retreat, I texted some of my colleagues...
This activity is from Praying in Color: Drawing a New Path to God by Sybil MacBeth. Gather some paper and colored pencils or markers for today's breathing space. Create some time for just you and God with no agenda. Write one of the...
