A Prayer for National Reconciliation Week

Loving Father, Creator Spirit, Thank you that you created all people. That you knit us together in our mother’s womb and placed a purpose on each person’s life. Thank you that there were no mistakes in your creation Thank you, God, that we have weeks like these where we can turn our focus to reconciliation.…

Don’t Hesitate

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,…

Psalm 23 – The Divine Shepherd

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters; he restores my soul. He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod…

On the Death of the Beloved

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

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…

You are exactly where you are meant to be

May today there be peace within. May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith. May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be…

A Christmas Blessing

May you give and receive love generously. May this love echo in your heart like the joy of church bells on a clear December day. May each person who comes into your life be greeted as another Christ. May the honor given the Babe of Bethlehem be that which you extend to every guest who…

Advent Poem Week 3

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