Lent is the most important part of the year for me. I love the anticipation of Holy Week, culminating in the joy of Easter. For 35 years, I observed and participated in Lent at the Benedictine Grange, a RC faith community in CT about an hour from where I lived. We met for liturgy each […]
Reflection on Jesus at the well with the Samaritan woman
I know He’s going to come by today. Folks at the village said they were all headed this way. This man Jesus, I want to meet him. I’ve heard some of the things he’s said and I get excited when I hear them. Here he comes! He’s sent his followers off to town and he’s […]
Celtic Spirituality
I recently heard John Phillip Newell speak. If you don’t know him, he is an expert on Celtic Spirituality. CS falls under Catholicism, though not Roman Catholicism. There is a very good reason for this. Back in the 5th century, there was a split in the Church between Celtic philosophy, belief, and practice, and Roman […]
Letting Go to Connect with your Center
I had an interesting experience recently I wanted to share with you. Ever wake up in a bad mood? You know, you’re kind of beating yourself up over something, it could be minor, or some perceived slight that happened recently. Well, that happened to me last week. And it happened to be on a day […]