Invitation – June 14, 2022
“Come to me, all who are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your soul. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” –Matthew 11:28-30
Community – Mar. 4, 2022
“It’s finding a spiritual community that counts, that stretches you, that carries you on when you least feel like going on. If you’re lucky, there is a monastic choir close to you that you can join, or if none is geographically available, gatherings… online offering daily horaria you can connect with there. Then, during those […]
Making Time and Space – Feb. 17, 2022
“Often the shadow side of teaching is not making the time or space for the very principles you espouse for others… This points again to the essential nature of a soul friend in our lives who can help us discern when we are ready, when we are rushing, and when we are holding back.” –Christine […]
Soul Friends – Feb. 14, 2022
“Soul friends play an essential role in helping us to welcome in the inner stranger. Often meeting these parts of ourselves that have been abandoned again and again brings on tears of recognition and homecoming.” –Christine Valters Paintner, The Soul’s Slow Ripening (Sorin Books, Notre Dame, 2018), p. 55-56
