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June 2015

June 22, 2015

Gifts from Mother Mary, the Morning Rose

The Blessed Virgin Mary is also known as the Mystical Rose and Morning Star. Margaret...

June 16, 2015

Golden Splendour and a Collapsing Porch

Trying not to panic, Margaret Rose Realy, Obl OSB faces major home repairs!

June 10, 2015

I Remain Catholic for the Love of a God I Hated

What happens when you hate a loving God? Margaret Rose Realy, Obl OSB shares her...

June 08, 2015

The Holy Spirit is a Fearsome Guest

An experience of coexistence between fear and faith? According to Margaret Rose Realy, Obl OSB.,...

April 2015

April 29, 2015

Untidy Waste of Life

Weeds. Even in the small garden they are a bother. I yank them out and...

March 2015

March 16, 2015

Laetare Sunday and Hard Rocks

We’ve passed Laetare Sunday, the fourth week of Lent, and still I’ve not been able...

February 2015

February 25, 2015

Gardeners Love These 16 Flowers for the 8 Beatitudes

Herbaceous plants and hardwoods hold meaning in Christian art. Throughout history flowers have been used to signify...

February 18, 2015

All the Holy is Hidden

The Blessed Mother statue is only twelve inches tall. Finding a place to store it...

February 11, 2015

Who Wants a Date?

The houseplants in the upstairs hermitage needed watering. There aren’t as many as there used...

February 04, 2015

Breaking Apart

Many years ago I made small stained glass windows. The vibrancy of the material—its waves,...

January 2015

January 28, 2015

Bad Seed and Contaminated Food

One of the small pleasures in my day is watching the birds, especially when praying...

January 21, 2015

Regifting, Nobody Knows

By mid-January we have settled into our usual routines. The Christmas season has ended, the...

January 14, 2015

Prayers and Praise Rose and Fell

Sitting in my oratory, I finished the Salve Regina prayer. I then looked from the...

January 07, 2015

Who has the Map?

Journeys—Mary and Joseph’s, the wise men, Jesus' cousin John, and Jesus himself. In the past...

January 05, 2015

Fertility God Missing the Mark

He was a dear friend from college and delightfully quirky. He was six foot eight,...

December 2014

December 23, 2014

A Virgin’s Fear

The angel appeared and said “Do not be afraid…” Some heavenly being popped up in...

December 19, 2014

Swooning Over Oxtail

As a child, my first memory of a soup is Oxtail. Not so much for...

December 17, 2014

Do Not Snark the Poor

Christmas shopping and the Red Kettles bell ringers of the Salvation Army are calling us...

December 10, 2014

How to Shorten Your Stay in Purgatory

On gloomy winter days I often drive country lanes. This time of year several farms...

December 03, 2014

Silver Tree of Christmases Past

A story, one of the few, of family. It was written a while ago--my week has...

November 2014

November 25, 2014

Beauty Entering Winter

The snow was yet thin on the lawn, and the gusts of wind kept birds...

November 19, 2014

Impenetrability and Stagnant Love

The morning was dense with fog—the kind of fog so thick you can taste it...

November 12, 2014

Seeds of Wisdom from Saints and Curious Sinners

It’s one of my procrastination techniques. I need to get blog posts written before I...

November 05, 2014

Quandary of Self Loathing

In Luke 10:27 a young lawyer answers Jesus with a statement that has convicted me...

October 2014

October 29, 2014

In the Shadow of Birds

I did not see the migrating birds as they flew past, nor did I hear...

October 22, 2014

Mouse in the House

It’s turning cold outside, and with it comes that scratching sound that distracts me from...

October 15, 2014

Graces from Gleditsia

It was one of those perfect fall days when the clear cerulean sky contrasted the...

October 08, 2014

Uprooted and Reorienting Fear

The word “transplant,” both verb and noun, is from Late Latin, transplantare, trans-"across" + plantare...

October 04, 2014

Thanks all. The Sabbatical is Over.

After three weeks away from social media, and limited on-line work, I feel refreshed and...

October 01, 2014

Feast day of St. Therese of Lisieux, the Little Flower

On this first day of October, as we take our daily walk through the prayer...

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