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The Book of Nature

October 9, 2020 by Holy Name Monastery Leave a Comment

A poem by S. Mary David Hydro

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Thoughts for this Time

June 18, 2020 by Holy Name Monastery Leave a Comment

From our friends at Emmanuel Monastery

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An Examen for Times of Anxiety and Depression

May 11, 2020 by Holy Name Monastery 1 Comment

 

I pause (breathe in and out) and thank you for this day.  For the challenges, the emotion, the struggle.  For in all this, I grow closer to you.

I pause (breathe in and out) and ask that in the darkness I see your light and in my fear, I feel your strength.

I pause (breathe in and out) and remember that today, as in days before, I have survived.  When I’ve wanted to run I’ve stayed.  When I’ve wanted to hide, I’ve faced the day.

I pause (breathe in and out) and ask for forgiveness for the days I’ve faulter and the disease takes over.  I ask for compassion and love when I’m unable to give those to myself.

I pause (breathe in and out) and resolve to love myself more tomorrow.  And always feel your spirit around me in safety.

I pause (breathe in and out) and rest.

By Erin Roush

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The face of God on earth

December 21, 2016 by Holy Name Monastery 2 Comments

I believe that Jesus Christ,
the unique son of God,
is the face of God
on earth
in whom we see best
the divine justice,
divine mercy,
and divine compassion
to which we are all called.

Through Christ
we become new people,
called beyond
the consequences
of our brokenness
and lifted to the fullness of life.

By the power
of the Holy Spirit
he was born
of the woman Mary,
pure in soul
and single-hearted—
a sign to the ages
of the exalted place
of womankind
in the divine plan
of human salvation.

He grew as we grow
through all the stages of life.
He lived as we live
prey to the pressures of evil
and intent on the good.

He broke no bonds
with the world
to which he was bound.
He sinned not.
He never strayed
from the mind of God.

He showed us the Way,
lived it for us,
suffered from it,
and died because of it
so that we might live
with new heart, new mind,
and new strength
despite all the death
to which
we are daily subjected.

—edited from “A Creed,” In Search of Belief  by Joan Chittister
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