Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. - Matthew 5:7 Mercy: compassion or forgiveness shown towards someone whom it is within one's power to punish or harm. Lent is a season in which it is easy to develop a punitive attitude to one’s self. “Dang! I failed at my fast - again…I am … Continue reading Adoration Lenten Reflection – Week 4
For a good deal of my life, the only time I “adored” was in the Lolly Shop close to home, oh, and on Holy Thursday when I dutifully followed the priest to the altar of repose. This term, “altar of repose”, I only learned when I was 28 and having a conversion to the Catholic … Continue reading Adoration and the grit required to Adore
My dad’s nickname for me is “Buzz”. I was Buzz before Mr Lightyear. He gave me this name because he loved the way I busied myself and got jobs done swiftly. I like this name, and I like the hum of being busy and productive. There are times however, when the “hum” becomes an exhausted … Continue reading “Be still, and know that I am God” PS 46:10
The role of a mother is vast: a mother tends, nurtures, encourages, teaches, forms, corrects, cares for, protects, provides, calls forth, cleans, orders, cuddles, and repeats - every day, week in week out, month in month out, year in year out - for years!! Much of this activity is done alone. Much of her work … Continue reading Mothers need Mothering
Life is a dangerous journey; on it, we are not called to be “safe”; we are called to be faithful. I am heartily sick of being told to “stay safe”. I want to make a vulgar response when I hear it. Safety did not prompt Mary to accept the Motherhood of the Divine; faith did. … Continue reading Of course he isn’t safe – A life of faithfulness
