Contrary to what I know to be the right thing to do, I have a stubborn tendency to dwell too much in the world, being
Twenty-five years ago, my husband discovered a book at a Trappist monastery which questioned my basic premise about the nature of reality, rekindled joy in
I’ve had an extraordinarily good year. By any rational standard, every year of my life has been good, but this year in particular I have
Carmelites are rooted in a prophetic tradition which goes back to the time of the Prophet Elijah. The original hermits of Carmel chose to reside
The Desire in Our Hearts for God The Catechism of the Catholic articulates man’s desire for God: “The desire for God is written in the
While we often scavenge the world of literature for pertinent, practical self-help books to assist in restoring us to a state of physical, mental and
With modern technology, we have become accustomed to receiving answers immediately. Long silences often make us anxious and frustrated. We become impatient and fail to
The devil attacks us secretly most of the time, but there are other times when an attack is obvious and it is usually extremely controlling.
In his book, Small is Beautiful, Schumacher said,”Although people go on crying out for solutions, they become angry when they are told that the restoration
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not
Letters To God While sorting through a bin of items from my childhood, I came across several pages of prayer journals. In different phases of
One of my favorite Gospel stories is where Peter walks on water as it’s a beautiful meeting of the human and divine. In it, we
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. The kingdom of God is where God’s will is fully done by us and
At the end of the presentation, the webinar moderator asked me if I had any questions or comments. I replied with something to the effect
He took the child by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum,” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, arise!” The girl, a
I once had a priest tell me, after I spent a while explaining to him all the concerns I had running through my head as
It has been said that prayer is communication with God, a spiritual give and take session, a holy interchange between Lover and Beloved. Often that
My friend Harry has been around for some time, and over his life he has experienced many different kinds of physical pain. So I was
People love sound bites. If it’s short, to the point, and appears powerful, people will take that sound bite and share it with others on
Prayer is one the deepest ways we show our love – to God, to our family, to the world. From childhood, many of us
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. For the past five months I’ve been writing about the Beatitudes in order to understand them
For a Christian, prayer is as vital as water is for the body. Like water, prayer quenches the heart’s thirst for God. It allows us
Although we do not like to admit it, even to ourselves, we still believe that prayer suddenly happens, or never happens at all. We kid
I have written before that my spiritual life is owed to Mary. A few years ago, after a long period of lapsed faith, I felt
