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Signs of Resurrection
On Sunday morning while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. –John 20:1 (CEV) The first sign of Christ’s resurrection came early.I recognized it when … Continue reading
Posted in compassion, Easter, Mindfulness, Poetry, Reflections
Tagged Dances of Universal Peace, Easter, Esther Hizsa, Fill your cup, gerbera, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, jeiline, Living from the Heart, Nan C. Merrill, Psalm 9, resurrection, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, Vitya_maly
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Resurrection Is Personal
Resurrection isn’t just about living forever. It’s about living now and how we pick up our cross, go through death and become a new revised version of ourselves. Resurrection is personal. I remember the Easter I entered the tomb after … Continue reading
Scheduling a Time to Grieve
I told my spiritual director about the deep grief that overwhelmed me after my surgery and my grief returned quietly with tears. We listened –You, my spiritual director and I– to that tender part of me and heard what was … Continue reading
Posted in compassion, Easter, Poetry, Reflections
Tagged Esther Hizsa, grief, Holy Saturday, loss, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon
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This Good Friday
Crucifixion by Ukrainian artist Natalya Rusetskain You take in all our suffering feel every violent act every hope destroyed each final breath. From the cross you see through our denial and delusions. No justification dares return your gaze. From the … Continue reading
Known
I am made of the earthand of its Creatorflesh and spirithuman, divineimpermanent and eternal. I will dieand before I dieI will have died and risen againhundreds of times. On the Saturdaybetween Good Fridayand Easter Sunday,I lay awake in the tomband … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Easter, Mystical, Poetry, Reflections
Tagged Amancay Maahs, Colossians 3:3, Esther Hizsa, Faith, Fr Lawrence Lew O.P., Irene Fennema, Just right she sighed, Living from the Heart, Lovely Feet, Psalm 4:8, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, Steve Corey
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Appearances
The same day I resigned myself to watching, waitingand being with my longingYou saw me. I was accompanying my mom to her suite,and the first resident I met at the seniors’ home caught my eye.I saw in her face what … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, compassion, Easter, Poetry, Reflections
Tagged Carivaggio, Emmaus, Esther Hizsa, John 1:5, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver
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Waiting for Resurrection
I’m not unhappy. Life is full and good, but the joy of Your resurrection eludes me. I went to the empty tomb, the garden, the locked room.I walked to Emmaus and back to Galilee.You appeared to thembut not to me. I hear … Continue reading
Awake
Suddenly Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” –-Matthew 28:9 Suddenly you meet us–on our way from the empty tomb, in the garden, on the road to Emmaus, in a locked room, by the sea, and in the dawn of our darkest night. Your … Continue reading
Good and Glory
It is finished. Jesus has died. His body is lowered down from the cross and taken to the tomb. On Easter Saturday, we hold vigil with everyone who is grieving the loss of Christ’s presence. Those bright days of miracles … Continue reading
Posted in Easter, Holy Week, Lent
Tagged Devotion, Easter Saturday, Esther Hizsa, Gone is the Light, Gord Johnson, Holy Saturday, John 14:28, John 1:5, LIving Flame of Love, Luke 11:11-13, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, Steve Bell, The Dark Night of the Soul
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An Everyday Pilgrim 