Friday of the First Week of Advent Show me your marvelous loving-kindness O Savior of those who take refuge at your right hand from those who rise up against them. Psalm 17:7 I curl up in a favorite chair, warmed… Continue reading

Thursday of the First Week of Advent The Lord brought me out into an open place, and rescued me because the Holy One delighted in me. Psalm 18:20 As I drive down the country road toward the nursery, I am… Continue reading

Wednesday of the First Week of Advent Feast of St. Andrew The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and will save those whose spirits are crushed Psalm 34:18 The cold rainy day both evokes pensiveness and soothes my soul. The early… Continue reading

Tuesday of the First Week of Advent You will shelter them,so that those who love your Name may exult in you.Psalm 5:14 The morning sun weaves a ribbon of rosy-orange in and out of the bare trees. I am grateful… Continue reading

Monday of the First Week of Advent Lord, how many adversaries I have!how many there are who rise up against me!Psalm 3:1 Waiting is the Advent theme, so of course it makes sense that I would begin this morning with… Continue reading

  How do we prepare for the unexpected? seasons past have taught me that  hope is precarious and contagious new life comes with vulnerability and tenacity The Advent, the coming, is certain the hour remains sacred mystery Come thou long… Continue reading

The Feast of St. Luke I love the image of the winged ox for St. Luke…and all the places it carries me. This window is one of my favorites at my current parish of St. Luke’s in Phillipsburg NJ. As… Continue reading

Easter Day Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Hallelujah! Psalm 150:6 and now here we are with Alleluias and hymns of praise and other signs of joy and celebration and it doesn’t matter how we come to this… Continue reading

Holy Saturday My friend and my neighbor you have put away from me, and darkness is my only companion. Psalm 88:19 Waiting without word. Longing without consolation. Watching without relief. Faith grounded into dust grounding itself in not knowing. Image… Continue reading

Good Friday Our forebears put their trust in you; they trusted, and you delivered them. Psalm 22:4 how does one trust after betrayal in the face of denial through sorrow facing condemnation in pain without relief when all is lost Continue reading