The Pork Chop

Every writer of spirituality recommends staying attuned to God, listening for God’s voice, seeing God in everything and everyone. I’m sure you’ve tried this. Does it work? Well, when it does, it’s definitely worth the effort. Have you ever tried “doing” your day with God? “God, I’m brushing my teeth.” “God, I’m heading toward the…

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A Week without Talking

How long can you go without talking?  A few hours? A day? A week? We Sisters are blessed with a week of silence except for conversations with a spiritual director or necessary communication. (“Get up! The tornado alarm is going off!”) Not speaking aloud, turning off social media, avoiding TV gives the mind the rest…

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Saturated with God

C. S. Lewis in “The Weight of Glory” claims that people are the holiest beings we will ever encounter. The famous author doesn’t qualify. All people are the holiest. All persons possess God in every cell of their being. All are saturated with God. Take a moment today to feel “the weight of glory.”

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Jesus’ Neighbors

“Who is my neighbor?” asked the lawyer, and Jesus’ answer was the story of the Good Samaritan. The life of Jesus gives many other answers. Who was Jesus’ neighbor? The paralyzed man, the daughter of Jairus, the penitent woman, the widow and her dead son, the boy with a basket of bread and fish, Judas,…

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Red, White, and Bloom

Today was Independence Day! We sisters met at the Sisters of Notre Dame Center in Whitehouse for lunch and an afternoon of fun. The sisters living there spread a delicious picnic—each of the four “houses” providing part of the menu: burgers and hot dogs, potato salad and chips, fruits and veggies, desserts. The occasion was…

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Virtues Have Electromagnetic Signals

What do you radiate? The electromagnetic field of the heart is about 5000 times more powerful than that of the brain. When our hearts are holding joy and love, the brain is less likely to focus on worry and stress. Instead, the brain focuses on love, empathy, creativity, and joy. Because the heart’s electromagnetic signal…

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Related to Everyone and Everything

I just finished reading Camron Wright’s novel based on a true story, The Orphan Keeper. A child stolen from India and living over 20 years in the United States senses his need to return to a place that’s a half-globe away. Wright’s page-turner tells of loneliness, abandonment, and loss of identity. The reader senses that…

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Reclining on the Sacred Heart

At the Last Supper one of the disciples was privileged to recline on the breast of Jesus, as the group enjoyed the Passover meal. This person was “the one whom Jesus loves.” Because Jesus loves everyone, every person is privileged to recline on Jesus, to experience such intimacy. This Last Supper is not the passage…

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Each Day, a New Frontier

Each day is a new frontier to traverse. Each morning presents a choice to become more fully Christ in our world. What the day holds for us we do not know. Feats of courage will require feet of courage. A humdrum day also demands the courage to slog through. Morning prayer and morning walks set…

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