You have not danced so badly, my dear, Trying to hold hands with the Beautiful One. You have waltzed with great style, My sweet, crushed angel, To have ever neared God’s Heart at all. Our Partner is notoriously difficult to follow, And even His best musicians are not always easy to hear. So what if [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Patience’
July 20, 2010
For these Eyes
When the headlines appear, the questions come in. I’m used to this. And in fact, I’m absolutely flattered by it. It means a lot to me that people take the time to ask for my thoughts about whatever Catholic controversy fills the news on any given day. Sometimes, friends ask me to sort out the [...]
June 27, 2010
A Sense of Direction
Check out my latest post on From the Pews in the Back, entitled, “A Sense of Direction.” It’s a little reflection on today’s liturgical reading…
May 3, 2010
The Springboard, Or A Prayer for Finals
The Springboard by Adrienne Rich Like divers, we ourselves must make the jump That sets the taut board bounding underfoot Clean as an axe blade driven in a stump; But afterward what makes the body shoot Into its pure and irresistible curve Is of a a force beyond all bodily powers. So action takes velocity [...]
March 7, 2010
The Burning Bush and the Patient Gardener
Check out my latest post on From the Pews in the Back. It’s a reflection on this Sunday’s liturgical readings entitled, “The Burning Bush and The Patient Gardener.”
February 20, 2010
I Think God Moves in People
Sometime before midnight on New Years Eve I found myself nuzzled into the living room couch with another friend who studies theology in graduate school. Amid the dancing, yelling, and clamoring of glasses at the party that surrounded us, she spoke one of the most simple, profound things I had heard about God in a [...]
February 7, 2010
Wide White Margins, And A Few Words
On the days when I particularly overwhelmed–when I am convinced that any reform in my church will require at least 10 million perfect words, when I am sure that nothing I can think or say or write will ever make any difference, when I am tempted to think that the countless number of books in [...]
November 25, 2009
Writing and Prayer: A Meditation
Check out my latest post on From the Pews in the Back: Young Women and Catholicism, entitled, “Writing and Prayer: A Meditation.”
August 14, 2009
Do I have patience, even for this?
“When I lead retreats, a bell sounds to indicate our transition from one part of the day to the next. The bell sounds, and immediately we shift mental gears, moving from meditation to preparations for mealtime. What will lunch be today? Where will I sit? The bell rings, and we shift from walking meditation to [...]
