fruitfulness

Heavenly Father, Today, once more, sow your words in the hearts of our Sisters and...

May 21, 2014

Catcalls and All

In the past few weeks I spent time outdoors helping a friend by doing light...

May 20, 2014

What-Why-How #MyWritingProcess

Precious Lord, We pray this day for our consecrated women that their sanctity continues to...

May 17, 2014

The blogging about #MyWritingProcess appears to have begun in 2011. At least that’s as far...

May 14, 2014

At the Scent of Water

Planting fruit trees is not something done lightly. They represent a long term commitment to...

May 13, 2014

Our Lady of Fatima instill in our Sisters and Nuns the confidence and perseverance to...

May 06, 2014

Thursday’s Prayer for Priests and all Missionaries

O Immaculate Virgin, help remove from the hearts of our holy women any reluctance to...

April 2014

April 24, 2014

Holy Mary, Mother of the Church and Mother of God, to you we turn. With your "yes"...

April 09, 2014

Laetare Rocks

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

April 03, 2014

O Jesus, our great High Priest, Hear my humble prayers on behalf of your priests. Give them...

March 2014

March 26, 2014

A Tatting of Green

I’m not fond of mud season, but this year I look to it with eager...

March 25, 2014

Let us pray for our future Sisters and Nuns that they, like the Blessed Virgin Mary,...

March 17, 2014

After Glow

My final oblation was at hand. That night at vespers I would lay my heart...

March 13, 2014

Benedictine Cross Kerfuffle

O Jesus, Good Shepherd, raise up in all parish communities, priests and deacons, religious, consecrated...

March 05, 2014

Nine months before my final profession as a Benedictine Oblate, I began the search for...

February 2014

February 25, 2014

Lord Jesus Christ in your great love you draw all people to yourself: and in...

February 19, 2014

Starving to be Fed

I was surprised this year by the return of migratory birds. It felt like the...

February 18, 2014

To be a Sister or Nun does not mean to be without humanness. It means...

February 05, 2014

Grow Light

It had been weeks since the last time it was warm enough to walk—a relative...

January 2014

January 29, 2014

Father’s Hands

The love of greenhousing began when I was very young. I remember being carried on my...

January 13, 2014

Driven to Humility

The audience had applauded with enthusiasm after the presenter’s slide show. The gardening program left...

December 2013

December 19, 2013

O my God, pour forth upon thy priests the spirit of sacrifice in its fullness....

December 03, 2013

Precious Lord, We pray this day for our consecrated women that their sanctity continues to...

November 2013

November 19, 2013

The Fruit of Celibate Love

Heavenly Father, in your wisdom you have called certain women a to a life of special consecration...

November 18, 2013

I’m still praying with the question from Lisa Hendy, of Catholicmom.com, about Conscious Celibacy and...

November 15, 2013

Blooms of Mary’s Sword

I remember as a child the sweet fragrance and stunning colors of the species Iris...

November 14, 2013

O Jesus, Good Shepherd, who have come to save what was lost, you have established...

November 12, 2013

Seeing Stars and the Holy Trinity

St. Michael the Archangel, continue to guard our holy women from the lies of the...

October 2013

October 25, 2013

Vibrancy and Dormancy

I’d driven to an area where Sandhill Cranes often stop to rest during their winter...

October 04, 2013

I love apples! Seriously. Love them almost more than chocolate. Biting into a warm, crisp,...

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