Category: Walking in the Way
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Walk with Me, He said
And He said, “Take time for yourself. Time for yourself is time for us, for I am always with you, waiting to share my love, my truth, my beauty with you. Let me teach you my ways, for through them is your path to joy and true happiness.”
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The passion of our time.
When I heard of the Supreme Court’s decision adding sexual orientation and gender identity to protected classes under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, my first reaction was: All humans deserve the opportunity to seek employment free from discrimination. Yet, Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles and president of USCCB lays…
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Impeachment anxiety
Thank You, Lord, for being here with me — waiting for me to be here, too — as I come to You. The chaos and cacophony of our time — so troubled, so troubling — so wearying, so worrisome — sends me into flurries of activity. As the storms rage around me, little blasts of…
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Be a human bridge
Are you calling me Lord to participate in a sort of human bridge in these times? One that begins to span the chasms of our culture? Bridging races, classes, cultures, politics, religions? Spanning all the ways that we participate in separating ourselves from one another? How best, where best can I serve You on this…
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“Have faith, choose me,” said Our Father
Good Morning, Father. What a day yesterday! Thank You for Your loving discipline, Father. I intended to and wanted so much to attend Mass with You at noon. But I was waiting for a Fed Ex delivery and I didn’t want to miss the delivery guy. What to do? And, I chose wrong. I chose…
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Relocating our spiritual center
When Joseph and Mary finally found Jesus in the Temple, how relieved and filled with joy they must have been. Losing my child in the midst of a crowd was always a great fear for me, when I would take our daughter anywhere. I can only imagine the emptiness and anxiety and dread that any…
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Waiting and Watching for God
In the past I have often become agitated and grumpy with congested driving, slow lines and waiting. Thankfully, these times have diminished somewhat in recent decades, due to two main reasons I think – one mundane, the other somewhat more enlightened. On the mundane level, my family moved to an Island from which many commute…
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If God is everywhere equally present, then…
He can be found, felt…perceived in any place. Henri Nouwen, Thomas Merton, Brother Lawrence, St Ignasius, and countless others, past and present, tell us how and where to find God, to hear His directions and desires for our lives. This morning I was reading Nouwen’s book Discernment: Reading the Signs of Daily Life. In today’s…
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What a gift I received this morning…from God…through Andy Otto at dotMagis
What a gift this blogosphere is or can be. I have struggled in my recent months of busy-ness, feeling guilty about not spending more time in prayer and contemplation, not spending more time here. I’ve asked for God’s help and insight about how to find better balance in my life. I’ve written about it here…
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Being present with God in the world
Upon awaking today I intended to focus on ‘being present.’ It is challenging for me. I can be adept for a while at a sort of consciousness that acknowledges God in my midst and then find that, little by little, I’ve fallen away. Busy schedules, spiritual laziness, life’s distractions. But few of us really are…
Walking With My Brother 