Fears and Tears

silence

  • To Jesus Through Mary

    Today, the Blessed Mother is on my mind. I am going on a staff retreat today, a “mini pilgrimage” to visit a Cathedral and Historic Church in a neighboring diocese. Both are named after the Blessed Mother, St. Mary’s Cathedral and St. Mary, Help of Christians. I have been blessed to have many “Mary’s” in…

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  • A New Day

    Today is a new day. It is a time to begin again and be in the present moment. To walk in hope, moving forward, one step at a time. It is a time to listen, to hear what the Lord is saying to me. To pay attention to what is happening around me. To be…

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  • A Steadfast Spirit

    A clean heart create for me, God; renew within me a steadfast spirit. Psalm 51:12 As I spend my last moments today breathing in the crisp ocean breeze and listening to the waves rushing to the shore, I am thankful to God for this time of rest and renewal. God speaks through His creation. The…

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  • A Quiet Place of Rest

    Come away and find a quiet place of rest. Let the silence envelop you, as it calls you to go deeper within yourself. To cast off the worries of the world and to listen to the inmost stirrings of your heart. My soul is restless until it rests in You. St. Augustine To notice the…

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  • The Gentle Fall of Rain

    We are in the midst of a rainy weather pattern that is a nice soaking rain that makes everything lush and green. It is soothing in its rhythm and calming to the soul. The rain causes me to reflect on the Holy Word of God in Sacred Scripture. I take my time reading the passages…

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  • The Great Love of God

    I sit in silence, and ponder what the Lord has said to me. My heart is overwhelmed by the great love of the Lord during this most sacred time of the year. Every year of the Lenten season, followed by the Passion and Resurrection of the Lord, I experience something different and new. I feel…

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  • Holy Week

    I sit in the silence contemplating this solemn time of Holy Week. It has begun, the way of suffering; it is the path to the resurrection. This is the way that Jesus walked, and it is the way I am to walk. He needed no help from us in saving us, without Him, we can…

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  • The Way

    As I continue on the way into the desert with the Lord, I grow tired and a heaviness comes upon me. I take my eyes off the Lord and grasp for thorns among the flowers; I do my will; I stumble and fall; I am covered in dust. The Lord is with me, I am…

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  • I Long For Silence

    There are times when good words are to be left unsaid out of esteem for silence. Rule of St. Benedict. In a noisy world, I long for silence, a place of peace and solitude where I can be with the Lord. A place to settle my mind, body, and soul in stillness and quietness. As…

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  • In the Silence God Speaks

    As I was sitting in a chapel that I was visiting last weekend, I noticed under the pew that one of the tiles was cracked. It was visible to me because it was in front of me, but hidden from everyone else. I felt God speak to me, “My daughter, I see your wounds that…

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