Category: Poetic Rambling
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Above All Life
“You cannot be neutral on a moving train” Zinn We are Sacred Hearts no matter what our faith is or is not. The resilience of those who suffer mercilessly through no fault of their own, yet still continue to sing,…
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A Tabernacle Door
Finding a 17th-century tabernacle door filled me with questions. Its angelic face is carved from a single piece of wood— Time has peeled away layers of paint, leaving behind a weathered beauty. Its expression is a silent witness to countless…
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In All Things Big and Small-
The small acts have the ripple effect, but grand gestures—especially in times of crisis—create waves of change that touch many lives, hopefully in a profound way. Taking a stand in the face of injustice or stepping up during a crisis…
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Flashback to My Holier Days Living in a Monastery
When I was nineteen, I went to live in a Benedictine Monastery in New Mexico. As the monastery was semi-cloistered, each community member was assigned a task when they arrived to help maintain the monastery and partake in community life.…
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Sacredness of Christmas
Life’s currents moving through stone guiding us back home. There are moments in an ordinary day that enter the heart, changing us with each beat. There are moments that we cannot explain; we only feel. There are moments when everything…
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To Procrastinate or Not?
Waiting until the last minute has been my style for getting things done. “I have spent my days stringing and unstringing my instrument, while the song I came to sing remains unsung.” –Rabindranath Tagore. Procrastinating is not waiting until the…