Cenacle Journal
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 here the [...]
Posted in All Shall Be Well, Christmas, 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 day [...]
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 Jacob said, [...]
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 go [...]
Posted in Contemplation, In God's Hand, Mindfulness on Feb 26th, 2005
On the way home from a Cenacle celebration on the east coast this past October, Sister Elizabeth and I decided to take a detour by way of the Okefenokee Swamp. We headed inland, thinking to spend the night in Waycross, Georgia, then zip over to the swamp the following morning.
“Should we call ahead and make [...]
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