I am the solid groundbeneath your feet,the sunthat doesn’t burn. I am the voltageof raw power,electric through your veins – I am. Your frettingcan’t stop mefrom being your strength – I just am. You don’thave to saythe right thingor anything at all – I am holding youin perfect love. You are anchored in the gravityof […]
Spiritual Journey: When you’re facing a threatening situation
When life feels like a freight train coming at me too fastto escape, I am grateful for the abilityto weave my small selfinto Your grandeur and hold on tightto the mysterythat unitesmy little storywith Your eternal onethat takes everything into accountand leaves no onebehind. Your strength becomes my own,and I borrow your powerto stand in […]
Encouragement to trust in the power of love
If you choose to let it in,you can trust that eventually it will expand outfrom your heartlike a supernova,radical light with a purposebeyond your comprehension –an explosion of beauty and power. When you start to feel something bubblingunder the surface in the darklike a cauldron of fireyou can’t contain,hold on tight –you are about to […]
Deeper Life: Purify Your Intent
Beneath the mountainof doingis the reasonyou are. So what exactlyare you climbing for? When you clarify your intent,you clear a path for God … Look how grace flows like water into the cracks of your plansand expands –mountains of grief wash away into a clear path,wow in nature,all the elements bowto the King Her wishis […]
Unity Starts Within. Cultivate a deeper prayer life as a path to world peace.
When I carry the wild griefof this world like a bag of bonesin my heart tangled with fear, outrage kicking and shriekingthe whole way –into in the silence of prayer,I am healed. Miraculous calmfills me instead. Love gradually begins to overflow out of my heart back into the world that broke me, and I believe […]
Unite with the Light through the beauty of mystical poetry
Bethe Lightthat risesin darkness – Open upto the Sourceof who you are- Allow love like heliumto illuminateyour soul. We are living in dark times. If we focus on the negativity in the news and on social media, it’s easy to get sucked into the dark gravity of fear-based, divisive thinking. But we can make a […]
What my toddler daughter can teach us about contemplative prayer
She opens her heart and expects the heavens to shower graces like rain. Of course, they always do. How could God resist such sweetness? My daughter’s name is Celia, which means heavenly. She is truly a gift from God and a reminder of the gift that all children are. In the glory of her toddlerhood, […]
Deeper Life: How to cultivate the heart of a contemplative amidst the chaos of everyday life
In the silence of prayer, I am filled with a stillness that breathes within me. I am learning to rest in this calm without ceasing. Sometimes now, I can remain full of peace, while walking through the chaos that used to sink me. I am beginning to understand how I’m supposed to be in this […]
Unite in Prayer: Contemplate the mystery of Divine Mercy
In Your mercy, fill my soul with trust. In this moment, guide me by the light of Your eternal truth. When I feel the limitations of my own self, rekindle my connection to Your infinite majesty. Pour the enormity of Your love through little me into those, who need it most. The closer we grow […]
Deeper Life: Finding peace in turbulent times
When the earth shakes and the darkness swirls around you … When the wind howls threats and your whole world starts to shiver… When you’re dizzy with grief and fear and horror … You can always find your way back into the center. There is always still peace in the eye of the storm. Sometimes, […]