Cenacle Journal
Posted in Acceptance, Advent, In God's Hand on Dec 14th, 2011
A voice cries out: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.” (Isaiah 40:3) What is it like when you are getting ready for someone to come? How do you prepare, say, for guests? You might clean the house and go to the grocery [...]
Posted in Darkness, In God's Hand, On the Road on Sep 1st, 2009
Wise counsel is sometimes found in unexpected places. The following is from Maisie Dobbs (the first in a series of Maisie Dobbs mysteries by Jacqueline Winspear): Truth walks toward us on the paths of our questions… Wait awhile in the stillness, and do not rush to conclusion, no matter how uncomfortable the unknowing. Notice that [...]
Posted in All Shall Be Well, Christmas, Epiphany, In God's Hand on Feb 9th, 2009
(This is a second reflection on the topic of stumbling into the Reign of God.) Two years ago, with the help of Sister Elizabeth, the county housing authority, and a number of generous people, Carol — the mentally ill homeless woman about whom I have written before — finally moved into her own apartment. One [...]
Posted in Giving All, In God's Hand, Transformation on Sep 1st, 2008
Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he struck him on the hip socket; and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. Then he said, ‘Let me go, for the day is breaking.’ But [...]
Posted in Faith, In God's Hand on Jul 30th, 2005
Whenever I see buzzards circling in a clear sky, I think of Oscar. Many years ago, a colleague of my father’s found an abandoned baby buzzard (a turkey vulture, to be exact), took him home, and named him Oscar. Cared for with tenderness, Oscar grew up and learned to fly. During the day he would [...]
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