I’ve been sitting with Rumi’s words that attracted me a few months ago:
Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways
to kneel and kiss the ground.
Let the Beauty We Love Be What We Do
Tag: God
The Divine Dance
There is a holy quiet at the center of every one of us, a place where God leans close and speaks in whispers. Jesus names this tender truth: What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light. The whisper is always personal, gentle and meant for your heart first.
Continue reading “The Divine Dance”Seeing in the Light of God
There is a question that rises whenever we pause long enough to notice the truth pulsing beneath our days: Are we seeing life in the light of God, or only in the glow of things that cannot last?
Continue reading “Seeing in the Light of God”We Belong to Each Other
We are living in a world knit together by a truth we can no longer ignore: we belong to each other. Not as an ideal, but as the very structure of life.
Continue reading “We Belong to Each Other”The Spirit of Love in Us
There are moments when God’s presence arrives not in silence or solitude, but in the gentle interruptions of love. 1 John 4 tells us, “No one has ever seen God. Yet, if we love one another, God remains in us, and his love is brought to perfection in us. This is how we know that we remain in him and he in us, that he has given us of his Spirit.” These words remind us that the invisible God becomes visible in the simple, human ways love reaches us.
Continue reading “The Spirit of Love in Us”When Holiness Takes Root
Living in reality begins when we stop resisting the life we actually have and release the fantasy of a life without difficulty. So much of our suffering comes not from what is happening, but from our insistence that it shouldn’t be happening.
Continue reading “When Holiness Takes Root”Your Seat at the Table
Are you happy—truly happy?
It’s a question, one we often answer too quickly. But beneath the surface of our busy, beautiful, complicated lives, the soul knows when something deeper is being asked of it.
The Organic Moments
The most nourishing things in our lives are almost always the most organic—the moments that rise up unmanufactured, unoptimized, uncurated. They meet us where our souls are actually hungry.
Continue reading “The Organic Moments”Holy Invitations
Through this journey of life, I am learning that my emotions are not interruptions but my body’s way of responding to life. They are signals that give rise to draw me toward what I care about and the people I need.
Continue reading “Holy Invitations”A Heart That Says “Let It Be”
I couldn’t let the day go by without honoring the Immaculate Heart of The Blessed Virgin Mary so you shall have two reflections today! In this remembrance, we honor a woman who had a visceral relationship with Jesus, through birth, miracles, death and resurrection. She kept all these things in her heart and let them be.
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Smitten With Goodness 