Examen
When We Ask for Light
We pray for light. We want to see what God sees. Or do we?
When we pray the Examen, we ask God to shed light on the day and to...
Examen
Relationships and the Examen
I’ve been lonely lately.
This time of COVID has taken a toll on my relationships. Some are not yet comfortable. Some friends have learned to get along without a social...
Spirituality
Praying the O Antiphons
“O Emmanuel. O God with us.” This is the “O Antiphon,” one of seven, with which we are most familiar, sung in that marvelous hymn, “O Come, O Come,...
Reflections
Quiet Lives
One evening, after the children are asleep and the porch light has been switched on and my husband and I can hear the hum of the dishwasher in the...
Spirituality
Finding God in the Present Moment
I know a woman who used to watch the news religiously. She would get caught up in the latest mandate, scandal, or expose until it took over all her...
Reflections
A Discipline of Noticing
There are lines from a poem by Ted Kooser to his mother that I think about often. In the poem, simply called “Mother,” Kooser grieves after his mother’s death....