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Encountering God by Tasting a Plum

More than 20 years ago, I sat at my desk, at my first publishing job, feeling overwhelmed. The desk was piled high with projects,...

Opening My Hands

In the summer I try my best to go to daily Mass. I’m a high school teacher, so I have plenty of time to...

Touch Heals and Restores

While all of our senses help us to learn and to know about the world, the sense of touch is perhaps the most intimate....

The Symphony of Your Day

There are certain routine sounds in our lives that call us into action simply by reflex. The morning alarm clock jolts us out of...

Eating as Prayer

In preparing to write this blog post on eating as prayer, I did significant firsthand research on the subject. Three times a day I...

Touching the Stars

Bob Macke, SJ, the curator of the Vatican Observatory’s meteorite collection, is rooting around in a drawer. He pulls out a plastic bag with...

A Fragrance of Love

The aroma of fresh coffee sends me to bed every night as I lock the doors and my husband grinds the beans for the...

Encountering God through the Smells of Childhood

In her book, Taste and See: Experiencing the Goodness of God with Our Five Senses, Ginny Kubitz Moyer offers us a beautiful Examen that...

Our Five Senses and Being Fully Alive

The second-century saint Irenaeus said that “the glory of God is man fully alive.” I love this idea and find that it always...

Looking Forward to World Youth Day and Magis 2016

Sitting in Exhibition Hall in Toronto with colleagues, I began to hear the screaming. “What’s that yelling?” I shouted. “Ah, the Pope’s motorcade is coming,” my...

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