I have been finding myself more and more reflective on death and purgatory of late. Last night I burned my wrist and hand with some scalding water. Throughout the night my thoughts kept turning to purgatory and inspiring me to offer my suffering to my sweet sister Mary. I am torn with indecision. Years ago I offered her all my merits throughout my ( Read more... )

I am subscribed to Catholic Spiritual Direction blog. Father had a beautiful post today about joy and hope in the season of advent when one doesn't have much to look forward to. Definitely worth reading ( Read more... )

I celebrated thanksgiving today instead of yesterday when I was sick. We shaved a ham and had a lovely breakfast. I swear salt cured ham has got to be one of my favorite foods ( Read more... )

well, I made it to the upper 20k field for nanowrimo this year. Unfortunately I won't be winning again this year. le sigh. still it was worth the effort and I hope to start again in one of the monthly or seasonal writes ( Read more... )

today we started on redemptoris mater. there was some confusion because there were newcommers to the class who have just made their final promise and they didn't know all the details of the assignment ( Read more... )

well, there's no way I'm going to make the word count for nano this year. I lapsed into a major depression the first of October and have been up and down so to speak ever sense. I had such hopes for it this year. I made it to 20k and the bottom fell out ( Read more... )

It's day 4 of nanowrimo and I'm just slightly ahead of my scheduled work count. That's got to be a personal record for me. I'm enjoying the chance to write regularly. Now if I just had some idea where these characters are going ( Read more... )

Work on my nanowrimo project is coming along slowly but surely. I have been using word and powerpoint to do my writing and scene crafting. I've filled up a 1 gig hard drive with almost nothing but class prep for the fully professed class of my carmelite community and nano research materials ( Read more... )

I've just added The Imitation of Mary by Thomas A Kempis and I Believe In The Holy Spirit by Yves Congar to my current reading list. So many books, so little time.

Please remember Ruth in your prayers. She has been my "best friend" for nigh on to 30 years. She passed away Monday. I find myself reflecting on the transitory nature of this world and all it has to offer us. How important it is to align ourselves to what God desires in order to fulfill His will and to obtain real and lasting happiness both in ( Read more... )