THE LITTLE THINGS: They go a long way—affirmations, encouragements, recognition, simple kindness… Want a better world? Begin with the little things.
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Poetry
MIRROR TO OUR MOOD
We all have our storms, days of gray when we can’t see the sun. They are a part of life and this world, but same as days of perfect sky-blue—our storms are not permanent. Our melancholies will pass, and sometimes—just like in the sky when a gray won’t break—we just need a little warmth […]
Quick Thought
MEMORIAL OF ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX
Today is the Memorial of St. Therese of Lisieux—“The Little Flower”—(only know because I saw it in last week’s bulletin). In coincidental (or divine) alignment of timing, I finished her autobiography this week. What I take from it, as have so many others, is the awareness that—however great or small—we all possess beauty to […]
Short Story
NORMANDY WINTER: 1944
It was a winter that seemed to never end. Along the coast, the cold cast morning veils across the sea, ice crystals forming in fragile lines along the sand to crack and break in mornings of rising tide, touching and shattering ice lines left by receding sea in night. Inland, the same fogs […]
Journal Pages
1 JOHN: LOVE
I missed Mass this week. For a few days, I’ve failed to rise and begin my day reading and reflecting; and I felt the difference in my mood. Last night, a friend referenced the First Letter of John, which I went and read this morning: “God is love, and those who abide in love […]
Poetry
HOLE IN SKY
“God, as The Imitation says, ‘sometimes gives Himself to us in radiant light, sometimes veiled in symbols and in shadows.’ It was veiled in this way that He showed Himself to us, but the veil was so light that we could almost see through and there was no room for doubt…—Saint Therese of Lisieux, “The […]
Short Story
LEVITY
“I don’t suppose you have very much to tell…” “What makes you think that?” “Because you have an extremely simple soul; however, it will be even more simple when you become perfect. The closer we come to God, the more simple we become.” —St. Therese of Lisieux, The Story of a Soul […]