Dearest monks, artists, and pilgrims, Our habitual ways of perceiving the world, which help us navigate things like stopping at a red light or stop sign, also stand in the way of seeing the world in fresh and new ways. So often, we are looking for information, rather than truly seeing. I find ... read more
Vespers (New Poetry Video) ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
Vespers The sun slides down the gap between houses its amber reach crosses the grass toward me, shadow of the elder tree has grown long and I remember under the mulberry spectacle of sky how everything I love must end: this cup of tea with steam ascending, the dog curled right against ... read more
Cultivating Eyes of the Heart (Part 1) ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
Dearest monks, artists, and pilgrims, The Gospels are filled with stories about seeing, or not seeing, as the case may be. On the road to Emmaus the disciples are walking with Jesus and breaking bread with him. We read that their “eyes were prevented from recognizing him.” (Luke 24:16) When ... read more
St. Gobnait and the Place of Her Resurrection (new poem video) ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
St. Gobnait and the Place of Her Resurrection On the tiny limestone island an angel buzzes to Gobnait in a dream, disrupts her plans, sends her in search of nine white deer. She wanders for miles across sea and land until at last they appear and rather than running toward them she ... read more
The Feast of St. Patrick and the Spring Equinox ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
Holy Mountain* I want to climb the holy mountain ascend over weight of stone and force of gravity, follow the rise of a wide and cracked earth toward eternal sky, measured steps across the sharp path, rest often to catch my heavy breath. I want to hear the silence of stone and ... read more
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