Good Evening, God! My spiritual director has been working with me on the importance of Being. This is because I am an extrovert and greatly addicted to Doing. Doing, I understand. Being was a mystery. It is, of course, still…
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Being and Doing
Tagged with: Being, centering prayer, Joy, nourishing our Being, Spiritual Director
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Walking a free-form labyrinth
Good Evening, God! Imagine my delight, God, when I was lead by a dear friend up to the the labyrinth at the Saint Anthony’s Retreat Center. My delight was compounded by finding it was a “free-form” labyrinth. It wandered in…
The Road Home — into Forgiveness and Love
Apparently, God, My Mother Cat had received forgiveness, too. And since she was forgiven she could reach out and forgive me.
Tagged with: a slower pace, centering prayer, forgiveness, healing, Mother Cat, Parasympathetic Nervous System, peace, silent retreat, Snowmass Retreat Center
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Venus and Jupiter — Together in Our Sky
I’m smiling God. I suspect that is true because — as we learn to clear away the pains of the past and the fears of the future — we make ROOM for YOU — right HERE in the moment.
Tagged with: appreciation, awareness, AWE, centering prayer, Connecting, Father Keating, Jupiter, openness, Venus
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Being Willing to be Created . . . moment by moment
Thomas Merton said that contemplation is “to find the place where you are here and now being created by God.” WOW!
Tagged with: centering prayer, Contemplation, Contemplative prayer, Thomas Merton, weaving God into our lives
Posted in accepting gifts sight unseen, Centering Prayer, connecting
Posted in accepting gifts sight unseen, Centering Prayer, connecting
Floating: Slowly and Serenely
This time — my third time to retire — it doesn’t feel like a transition so much as a familiar and cherished destination. I am beginning to appreciate rest.
Tagged with: a slower pace, centering prayer, my Spiritual Being, Prayer, rest, retirement, transitions
Posted in Centering Prayer, compassion to care for myself, connecting, LOVE, Prayer, slow incremental change
Posted in Centering Prayer, compassion to care for myself, connecting, LOVE, Prayer, slow incremental change
Hotels, Home and God’s Heart
Another late comer held the door for me and then closed it behind us silently. We both moved soundlessly to find a seat . As I sat there, slowly sinking into the silence, the thought tiptoed through my mind — I’m in a Womb — and then I slipped back into the stillness.
Tagged with: centering prayer, Love, peace, Silence, Stillness
Posted in Centering Prayer, connecting, God's Time, LOVE, Peace, Silence
Posted in Centering Prayer, connecting, God's Time, LOVE, Peace, Silence
Recovering: Re-Centering and Re-Committing
It feels different. It feels as if a Force Field has been created — a Welcoming Field — eager to be joined.
A Moment with God 