If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to be. We are not wise, and not very often kind. And much can never be redeemed. Still, life has some possibility left. Perhaps this is its way of fighting back,…
Blessed are you who bear the light in unbearable times, who testify to its endurance amid the unendurable, who bear witness to its persistence when everything seems in shadow and grief. Blessed are you in whom the light lives, in whom the brightness blazes— your heart a chapel, an altar where in the deepest night…
Though we need to weep your loss, You dwell in that safe place in our hearts, Where no storm or night or pain can reach you. Your love was like the dawn Brightening over our lives, Awakening beneath the dark A further adventure of color. The sound of your voice Found for us A new…
I wonder as I wander, out under the sky, how Jesus the Saviour did come for to die for poor ordinary people like you and like I; I wonder as I wander, out under the sky. When Mary birthed Jesus, ‘twas in a cow’s stall with wise men and farmers and shepherd and all. but…
Optimism and hope are radically different attitudes. Optimism is the expectation that things: the weather, human relationships, the economy, the political situation, and so on—will get better. Hope is the trust that God will fulfill God’s promises to us in a way that leads us to true freedom. The optimist speaks about concrete changes in…
I search for God, elusive, hidden God, I long to dwell in the heart of Mystery. I search for my true self more of who I already am, knowing there’s so much yet to be discovered. I search for love, the unconditional love that enfolds me and asks to be shared. I search for vision…
As this year draws to its end, We give thanks for the gifts it brought And how they became inlaid within Where neither time nor tide can touch them. The days when the veil lifted And the soul could see delight; When a quiver caressed the heart In the sheer exuberance of being here. Surprises…
In the knowing, nothing now is sameness. The iridescent ordinary occupies my wonder, ah! while spice warm mystery cradles the dancing of my awe. Oh the wind borne glory of this, the unsettling elegance of love! © Kimberly M. King, Religieuses du Sacré-Cœur de Jésus
What is joy? Joy is walking in the soft morning mist looking for the sun Joy is seeing love in the eyes of the one you care for Joy is the rapture of small children walking hand in hand Joy is the white clouds drifting across an endless sky Joy is finding happiness just when…
Stop looking for answers hold instead to the question in your heart. The question taken inwards unfolds into a stairway that guides you down into the centre of your soul where the wonder, mystery, and grace of the unknowing light a candle in the darkness. Where majesty and mundane can exchange notes that only a…