Community Lectio Divina: Flowers Appear on the Earth
In the northern hemisphere we are moving toward springtime and the ever-growing light. We invite you to pray with this text from the Song of Songs: For see, the winter is past, the rains are over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of pruning the vines has come, and the song […]
Honoring the Equinox + Embrace Mystery ~ A love note from your online abbess
Dearest monks, artists, and pilgrims, The spring equinox has arrived (either last night or this morning depending on where you are in the world). I offer an excerpt from my reflection for Sacred Seasons, which is our yearlong self-study retreat which invites you through the 8 Celtic thresholds of seasonal wisdom. The wilderness and the […]
Celebrate the Feast of St Patrick ~ 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 stars, lie back […]
Invitation to Photography: The Deer’s Cry
Welcome to this month’s Abbey Photo Party! I select a theme and invite you to respond with images. We began this month with a Community Lectio Divina practice with our reflection on some of the words from the Deer’s Cry, a prayer attributed to St.Patrick. I invite you for this month’s Photo Party to hold these words in your heart as you […]
Invitation to Lectio Divina: The Deer’s Cry
This month we celebrate the feast of St Patrick, one of Ireland’s patron saints, so we invite you into a lectio divina practice with the words from the first stanza of the song The Deer’s Cry: (you can click the link to see all of the lyrics, you are welcome to pray with the whole text if […]
Invitation to Photography: Return to Me with Your Whole Heart
Welcome to this month’s Abbey Photo Party! I select a theme and invite you to respond with images. We began this month with a Community Lectio Divina practice with our reflection on the first reading for Ash Wednesday. I invite you for this month’s Photo Party to hold these words in your heart as you go out in the world to […]
Community Lectio Divina: Return to Me with Your Whole Heart
We are returning this month to our weekly invitations to community contemplation and creativity. The season of Lent begins next Wednesday, so we invite you into a lectio divina practice with the words from the first reading for Ash Wednesday from the prophet Joel: Even now, says the LORD, return to me with your whole […]