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Paschal death is not terminal! part 3

Do we always respond to that call? Do we even believe in our dignity as always being the co-creators and co-perfecter of all of creation? Do we believe that in each and every moment there is a voice whispering deep within us, “you are My beloved daughter/son in you I am well pleased?” Right now […]

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Paschal death is not terminal! Part 2

Have you ever attended a life celebration where flowers were absent. I have not. Somehow as an essential part of the celebrations of life flowers are ever present. The flowers both on and surrounding the coffin sing their joyous song of hope. Their songs offers to us this message of hope, “As little tiny seeds […]

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Paschal death is not terminal!

There is an awakening taking place right before our eyes.”Lord that I might see,” must be our constant prayer as we are exposed anew to the journey from death to new life. What we are privileged to see in nature we are challenged to see and accept the same reality within ourselves, ever and always. […]

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Mother…Motherhood…is a sacrament, Part 3

The road to psychological and spiritual health is a long process. Unfortunately there are many who never get into recovery, and so the dysfunction is passed on to generations to come. It is essential to take the challenging necessary steps to claim our essential goodness and lovableness. We need to be loved for who we […]

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Mother…Motherhood is a sacrament, Part 2

It is never-ending, so we must be open to ever new, life-enhancing, life-enriching revelations. Speaking of revelation, the scriptures have some wonder-full passages offered for our nourishment and encouragement. Our Father/Mother God, in Isaiah 49:15 “Can a mother forget her infant, be without tenderness for the child of her womb? Even should she forget, I […]

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Mother…Motherhood…is a sacrament

There is an awe-full, mysterious, sacred presence in our lives. A presence, I am sad to say that seems to be acknowledged, reverenced, and celebrated just one day out of 365. As we live out the other days, is not this mysterious reality taken for granted? Has the place of our encounter with the Sacred […]

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Mother…Motherhood…is a Sacrament

There is an awe-full, mysterious, sacred presence in our lives. A presence, I am sad to say that seems to be acknowledged, reverenced, and celebrated just one day out of 365. As we live out the other days, is not this mysterious reality taken for granted? Has the place of our encounter with the Sacred […]

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12 Steps…Journey Into Powerlessness, part 2

The keys to freedom are offered, but the catch is we have to love ourselves enough to grasp those keys and set ourselves free. Free to bask in the prodigal love of our Prodigal Father for all His beloved daughters/sons. There is an infinite beauty dwelling within our depths which must be loved into existence. […]

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12 Steps…Journey Into Powerlessness

Eternal vigilance is required on this and all spiritual journeys. Why? Alcoholism is a disease that is cunning, baffling, power-full, insidious and above all patient. On top of all that it is the only disease that tells you, “you do not have the disease.” Only a Higher Power can strengthen and guide the suffering one […]

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Thomas…Part 2

Over the years the road to recovery was developed into a journey through 12 steps. A journey that is taken again and again. Fr. Rohr calls these 12 steps the essence of spirituality and America’s great gift to the school of spirituality. The twelve steps are like all spiritual schools of spirituality a journey into […]

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