.. On seeing the hidden charms of life. .. from my substack God has made it so. Heckfield Place in Hampshire, England The phrase such charms of life came to me on my way to Mass this past Sunday, 15 minutes before the feast of Christ the King in the Roman Calendar. This was after I found my…
How to Crush on God.
.. lighting a candle for Who we love. .. from my substack. 🙂 Eglise Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris - Oldest church in Parish by candelight, Ingo Schommer/flikr When I was getting ready for Mass, I couldn’t find my favorite silver drop earrings, the ones I always wear. They weren’t on my desk, they weren’t on the vanity in…
Come.
.. an s-note from my Wine to Water substack. I’ve really had a hard time focusing these past couple of days. You know why.. It feels like I need confession, a purge. Here’s where I am mentally, spiritually, physically: -I cannot write. -I’m having difficulty praying, sitting still, focusing. -All the prep I did for Nano evaporated,…
Christus regnat. It’s nice to be home..
There's nothing quite like going back to the place of your origins.. I've been away. The last time wrote on besaints was sometimes in August. I'd be posting on here on average 2-3 times a month. My intention was to write about holy things, but I'd end up - in some form or other -…
3 ways God touched my heart in a moment
Allegory of Charity by Zurbarán It must have been my fatigue. Not that we did anything mentally vigorous today in our teacher training.. We were introduced to new virtual learning management system today. People spoke while I leisurely tried intuiting the platform. It was an easy, second day back, but by the time 3p rolled…
Commitment Day: On Thoughtfully Creating a Catholic Writing Life
Me as St. Edith Stein, thoughtfully committing to a Catholic Writing Life. Entering the fray - August 9, 2020 update School starts tomorrow - professional development for the teachers - and I'm a-flutter with how to make a start of a new chaotic year meaningful. Public schools (yes, private schools, even) are rife with political…
Caveat City*
Delivery of the Keys, Perugino Entering the fray - August 9, 2020 update I try again, this time, publicly putting my cowardly writing neck out there through @thedivinemirror. I've no clue who will follow along - I can't say I would, there's hardly any structure to what I'm proposing as a writing group - but…
Holy Books surround me ..
The Annunciation, Carracci.. I only need to measure the stack of books around me to know when my prayer life is unanchored. Currently surrounding my laptop this moment.. .. with author & section noted: Humility of Heart by Fr. cajetan Mary da Bergamo; #69: "The true reason for which God bestows so many graces upon…
Hello, again – a first snapshot micropost
snapshot from a church in Montreuil.. Nothing like working off 2 hours of sleep & non-stop brew of coffee to get over a writer's block.. I'm going to go ahead and take today & just purge whatever hesitation, unlock whatever noticings I have today. Hopefully, it won't be too reactive - I still have enough…
So.. This is what happens when I’m not on Twitter
I found a Notebook lying around.. I'd been worried I wouldn't be able to write in a Notebook ever again.. 6 pages of Notebook writing .. brief, but legible. a good start. What helped was having an incomplete blog post from late last night (2a). As soon as I was up, my mind began churning…
Veronica, it is the Lord.. 