jkelly

Pray: Death teaches love & how to “be”

Two spiritual seekers—one a Trappist monk and the other a journalist—ponder the universal questions about the meaning of life through death.

Read More

Pray: No one is excluded from God’s love & mercy.

Inclusion, an act of mercy, is manifested in opening one’s arms wide to welcome without excluding or labeling others–Pope Francis

Read More

Pray: Untie knots with Mary’s healing

Christine Valter Paintner offers a mediation to soften knots in our heart, body, and soul through vulnerability.

Read More

Write: Let go of a knot in order to “untie” it.

Letting go is just another phrase that means forgiveness, especially for ourselves.

Read More

There is nothing to fear: A meditation on Luke 21

By our perseverance—in faith, not in fear—we will secure our lives.

Read More

Write: Compose a prayer for souls

In this season of the Feast of All Souls, write a brief prayer for your own soul, asking God how you might serve Him the rest of your living days.

Read More

Award-winning

Honored and Blessed

Read More

Read: A real-life refuge points to God’s protection and love

I set aside the twisted, prideful notion that it was my job to safeguard myself and my daughters single-handedly. We needed God’s grace and protection.

Read More

Pray: Blessing of the Father

This reading reminds not just fathers and sons, but also mothers, daughters and all those who parent or are parented that God the Father awaits our return from loneliness, anger, jealousy and desolation with His ever-ready blessing.

Read More

Write: Find security in your own love and compassion

Write about how past suffering makes you more capable of motherly love.

Read More