Lent 2023 - Murrelets

#1 We have reinvented the world, the word More pleasing to our eye Now our God is weeping We touch We spoil We justify Our God is weeping We have lis…

Victory: The power to believe. Victory: The power to hope. Victory: The power of grace. Victory: The power to hear your voice. Victory: The power to …

Covid struck the country when I was already in a very frail state and social distancing was something I practised long before the media found a name …

In my culture, a burial is a family gathering which, although it begins in sadness, it ends in gladness; it is a bright, sad moment, as the Eastern O…

“Let us be honest, Madame…” she glanced down at her file, “… Madame Brill. Madame Brill, so much damaged has been caused to your body, that a new kid…

One cause that I am very dedicated to is to care for the sick. After three separate periods in palliative care, I greatly admire the very important w…

Someone persecuted my doorbell till I threw the door open, enraged, ready to kill whoever was standing there. How dare they. At that time of night? I…

For the last two years, I have been worshipping in a Catholic church and helping with the children´s Sunday School. The Franciscan nun who runs the s…

It wasn´t just the food, it was her in the food. When I rang the bell and had to wait a long time because her legs weren´t as good as they used to be…

Ever since my kidney failure some years ago, life became harder than I ever imagined my life would ever be. Weeks in the Intensive Care Unit on more …

I know the kind words said of me in my roles as a mother, a wife, a friend, a colleague, a supervisor, someone you can tell your secrets to and know …

Some years ago, I convinced my husband to go with me to an exhibition. Towards the end of our visit, I came across the artwork of a man called Kingsl…

I hate being lied to. Above all, I hate unnecessary lies, like when one of my children told me that the item bought cost €50 when it had only cost €3…

Whenever I am called to talk about the ways in which I give, it makes me feel uncomfortable. Both the question and the response are rather indiscreet…

The children´s photo albums. Gone. The first ultrasound scans of the bean-like shape in my womb. My belly, getting bigger and bigger. Pictures of the…

Gertrude hauled her purchases home along the long, familiar dirt road. She kept as close as she could to the edge, sometimes having to pick her way t…

I am concerned about the discrepancy between how I see myself and how others often see me. When the lecturers meet before the start of the new winter…

Just back in from work that very moment, Jack was standing in the hallway, and although he hadn’t been around the flat yet, hadn’t even taken his jac…

We have a big garden but we like to play out front with the others. There’s Colleen and her sister, Denise, another Denise, her mother’s divorced, a …

Recently, a sibling in my order posted in our chatroom about her love of quilts and drew our attention to the spiritual significance of quilting, als…