Walking Into Wisdom

Walking Into Wisdom

Photo: Kelley Mooneyham   And Wisdom whispered.. Your elders walk before you having journeyed through the field of knowing. The body begins to weaken as the strength of the Light approaches..shedding all that is withinthat is not of Love. The body that contains...
The Treasure Within

The Treasure Within

Artwork: Sr. Cecelia Kang Today I’d like to share with you how the message of St. Teresa, a woman of the 16C, is still so relevant and inspirational in our time, the 21C. Carmel is a spring of living water. The reason why we are here today – to drink and drink...
Keep Some Room in your Heart for the Unimaginable

Keep Some Room in your Heart for the Unimaginable

Photo by Sr. Rosalind   Keep Some Room in your Heart for the Unimaginable¹ Claire Sokol, OCD Creative Hope for the future of Contemplative Life Published in LCWR Occasional Papers, Winter, 2022   Recently, I had the opportunity to spend some quiet days of...
Awakening Hope

Awakening Hope

Photo: Kelley Mooneyham    So many voices speaking..competing to capture our attentionWe seem to endlessly seek a voicethat speaks deeply to our own. There was a time when the rhythm and breath of our lifewas united with the life force of all creation.. Farmer...
Breaking Into Silence – Surging Into Prayer

Breaking Into Silence – Surging Into Prayer

Breaking Into Silence Surging Into Prayer Photo: Kelley Mooneyham      “The heart can think of no devotion greater than being shore to ocean” – Robert Frost What if a wave had no place to releaseand let go of the momentumand energy it...