Category: Reflections

Words of Life Spoken in the Whisper of Death by Fran Salone-Pelletier
I suspect that Jesus's laughter was so deeply implanted in his being that it could only be expressed in the twinkling of his eyes.
July 10, 2025/by tac
Three Poems by Johanna Caton, O.S.B.
"warm, honey-air and fresh / sap, smaller than a sip, linger – / a tiny communion / tiny communion."
July 4, 2025/by tac
Discipleship Quads: Cultivating Spiritual Intimacy in a Small Faith Sharing Community Experience by Deborah Kispert
Participating in this small faith community has fostered self-awareness and self-reflection but also elicited support and accountability.
June 11, 2025/by tac
Confession: the Abandoned Sacrament by William Droel
Participation in the sacrament of reconciliation has declined in recent years. Is there a way to revivify the practice?
May 27, 2025/by tac
Poems and Prayers for Wounded Healers by O’Neill D’Cruz
"One Spirit kindles all matter with a spark / And Nature bears, or forbears with a mark . . ."
May 16, 2025/by tac
If I Get Disappeared by Paul Nyklicek
Challenging as it may be, our task is to help those who oppress us reconnect to their true humanity.
May 13, 2025/by tac
A Prayer on the Passing of Pope Francis
Pope Francis, 1936-2025.
April 21, 2025/by tac
What the Leaf Said by O’Neill D’Cruz
I left the leaf in place, and the next day found it had become part of the Body of Life.
April 3, 2025/by tac
Hunger Brings Us Home by Fran Salone-Pelletier
Reflecting on the readings for Laetare Sunday, an irruption of joy in the midst of the Lenten season.
March 27, 2025/by tac
Grief and Rebirth: The Dilemma of the Alzheimer’s Sufferer and the Alzheimer’s Survivor by Wally Swist
I’ve come to understand that grief, or at least aspects of it, is sublime.
March 25, 2025/by tac
Listening in the Darkness by Fran Salone-Pelletier
No longer can we hide in the shadows and be comforted by the fact that, after all, we did give of ourselves.
March 13, 2025/by tac
Lenten Seeds by Richard Lehan
Lessons from a contemplative Lenten retreat in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
March 13, 2025/by tac
A Poem by Sister Lou Ella Hickman, OVISS
"ashes proclaim this day of dust / a beginning / and a consummation . . ."
March 5, 2025/by tac
Right Relationship by Patrick Carolan
To be in right relationship with God, we first have to be in right relationship with all of God’s creation.
February 28, 2025/by tac