Mark Rothko. No. 3. Yale University Art Gallery At the heart of our reality there is neither an endless recycling of a bland and sterile existence nor a silent and mute indifference, but rather One Who loves. In giving us […]
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A Letter From Betty
Dear Ones, Here in the silence of my tiny room at the nursing home, I sit lonely. The diminishments and pain of aging continue unremitting. I cannot hear, my eyesight is failing rapidly, and now, my joy and comfort in […]
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From Action to Passion
Antonio Ciseri. Ecce Homo. Museo Cantonale d’Arte The moment when Jesus was handed over by one of His best friends to those who would do with Him as they pleased, was the turning point in Jesus’ ministry. It was a […]
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Gentle First Truth
As we journey together into a new decade, a new beginning, heart to heart, all in Christ, I offer this meditation to you from the Source as a source of nourishment, hope, encouragement and love. This meditation speaks of God […]
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Each Trembling Edge
Bachiacca. Madonna and Child. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York Beloved, I sense a lingering lament This Advent season That crushing grasp of Love My weary eyes are flushed with tears My ears […]
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Beauty in the Dying
Winslow Homer. Autumn. National Gallery of Art Autumn creates space for dying. What is left untended in the heat of summer Needs mending in the Fall. For earth and flesh must keep their seasons And their liturgy. The leaves […]
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Caught Between the Nails
Francisco de Zurbarán. The Crucifixion. Art Institute of Chicago Oh, Good Jesus,hear me, hold me, love mein this, the season ofmy spirit’s loss and grieving,in the anguish of my waiting,in the silence of familiar voices gone,in the pain of […]
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Petals in the Dew
Jesus, my Beloved, it’s Spring again.I am Your prisoner, capturedin its sweet song,in its warmth and fragrance,in all the beauty new life brings.Waves of infinite tendernesswash over me and all of Creation.Your Divine Look has penetrated my heart.You only do […]
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