Dear Lord, so much of what we do, which road we take, which life we lead comes down to choice. Teach me then, to choose as you would have me choose, teach me...
O Lord, on this day, do not fault us for wallowing in the whys that lead us down the roads we should not go, the whys which we use to destroy our faith, the...
So much to learn, Lord, so much from the time we are conceived, until the day we return. You are the transforming fire, stripping away the dross we think is so...
Like a whisper hidden behind a wall of noise, like a rose hidden in a forgotten garden, like a pearl buried, precious, unseen, there you lived your life, Mary,...
Forget the pie crust promises and santa claus wishes dancing in the name of what's holy, and look, man, look at the core of it. In the darkness of confusion, ...
How dark, how quiet, save for the beating of her heart, quickened with the angel's greeting, and her determined yes, and the touch of the Spirit, then...
Encourage yourselves daily while it is still "today," so that none of you may grow hardened by the deceit of sin. Hebrews 3:13 O Lord, let us hear your voice...
Jesus, you who love us beyond the ken of earthly wisdom, who calls us home even the ugly, the aching, the miserable, the cast off, the poor, the selfish, the...
Did you feel your heart beating in your throat as the crowd closed in, the swolen passover crowd, some jeering, some just strangers trying to see what was...
I thought this collection of meditations I wrote about Jesus in the Eucharist might be appropriate now that the Plenary indulgence for Eucharistic meditation...
Lord, forgive us for all the ways we wrap ourselves in delusion and deceit, churning the dust until we are lost in a grey smoke designed to hide your light ...
Meditation on Jesus in the Eucharist at Elevation O Light of Heaven come down to earth, come down in the guise of translucent white bread held in the hands of...
Dear Friends, I am having medical tests run tomorrow and would appreciate your prayers. More of the stomach stuff...an endoscope in the morning. God bless, ...
Thank you for my weakness, Lord, in letting me have to let go and let you, in letting me be the tool you use to reach others, to let others practice being...
Lord, the pain wraps around us, throbbing, throbbing, like the rhythm of the hammer fall piercing, deeper, lodging in the wood. The pain, oh the pain, a woman...
Lord, help me to discover where my true treasure is, not in my strong right hand, not in the quickness of my mind, the smoothness of my words, the riches in my...
Meditation on St. Patrick's Breastplate Christ with me, For without you, my Jesus, what am I but aging, sad and foolish? Christ before me, For if I do not go...
Meditation on St. Patrick's Breastplate Christ with me, For without you, my Jesus, what am I but aging, sad and foolish? Christ before me, For if I do not go...
Amazing how such a small slip of a young woman, glowing with the happiness of being a joyful new mother could contain in her arms God a baby nestled in...
Light, like a city on a hill, shining in the darkness, like a lantern chasing away the shadows, light that shows the way to peace, light that shows the truth ...
Remember you are dust, and to dust you will return. Think about that. Humans have no guarantees of length or permanence in our daily lives. We had a recent ...
Out of the depths, the darkness of sin, the darkness of being separated, the darkness of doubt, of chosing self over God, the depths of hubris, I have cried to...
Jesus Prays in the Garden Two Gardens In one garden, the lie was chosen over the will of God, and nature groaned under the curse and the grief and the...
Lord, This day, teach us the patience that you have for us, the willing waiting that gives the prodigal chance to return, that sees the pain in the faithful...
O Lord, we are such little things in the broad reaches of the universe, thinking we are great because we make things, or control things, or build things, but...
Lord, You are our healer and our hope, you ask us to bear our cross, then help us struggle beneath its weight. You ask us to be merciful, and, if we are open...
O Lord, There comes a time when standing and waiting and praying our hearts grow weak, our knees faint as we wait for news for our loved ones, our dear ones, ...
Lord, you know your own, those who love you, those who walk in your footsteps, those who call your name with love and hope. Be with those this day in their...
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