Category Archives: Poetry

My Suffering

Posted on April 21, 2023 by Esther Hizsa

Sadness crept closer with each chapter I read. Then it slipped in beside me when the father left too. It was still there the next day and the day after that. Sadness kept coming in through the tiny crack of … Continue reading →

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Known

Posted on April 14, 2023 by Esther Hizsa

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 Easter, Mystical, Poetry, Reflections | Tagged Amancay Maahs, Colossians 3:3, Cynthia Bourgeault, Esther Hizsa, Faith, Fr Lawrence Lew O.P., Heather Ruce, Just right she sighed, Lovely Feet, Psalm 4:8, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, St.Andrew's Anglican Church, Steve Corey | 5 Comments

Just as You Promised

Posted on April 8, 2023 by Esther Hizsa

I fell asleep beside you in the tomband when I woke up you were gone and not gone. I looked up, and there you were looking down at meand smiling. “Good morning, my Beloved,”you said as if it wasn’t the most famous morningin … Continue reading →

Posted in Easter, Poetry, Reflections | Tagged Alice Popkorn, Esther Hizsa, J.R.R.Tolkien, Klimmende win, Morning Mood, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, Sylvia Sassen | 2 Comments

May We Love You

Posted on April 2, 2023 by Esther Hizsa

And, now, it is our turnto remind you of your belovedness, Dear One. This week, when you need to hear it most,may we greet you on the road, palms waving.May we wash your beautiful feet,savour our last meal,and feel the sting … Continue reading →

Posted in Easter, Holy Week, Lent, Poetry, Reflections | Tagged Christ in Gethsemane, Crucifixion 2, Esther Hizsa, Jesus down from the cross, Michael D. O'Brien, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, Were you there | Leave a comment

Let Me Tell You Again

Posted on March 31, 2023 by Esther Hizsa

In that light-blindingmountaintopmoment,you heard Me say,“You are My beloved,”and you believed it. You held itclose,felt itthumping against your chestall the waydown. But oh, My love,here in the valley,where the traffic’s jammed with red lights,you get that look of disappointment,the day … Continue reading →

Posted in Ignatian Spirituality, Lent, Poetry, Songs | Tagged Beloved Is Where We Begin, Cale Woodley, Deuteronomy 31:6, Drudgery, Esther Hizsa, Ignatian retreat, Isaiah 43:1, Jan L. Richardson, lent, Madras91, Matthew 17:1-13, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, Time | 4 Comments

What I Heard Before Falling Asleep

Posted on March 17, 2023 by Esther Hizsa

On the daymy sister ended a Zoom callwith a heartfelt “I love you,” a directee dried her eyes and said, “Thank you,” the warm embrace of a friendstill lingered in my body, the rain stopped long enoughfor me to go … Continue reading →

Posted in Lent, Poetry, Prayer, Reflections | Tagged Esther Hizsa, I'll be sittin' when the evenin' comes, Joachim Dobler, lent, Lenten Prayer Practice, Nan C. Merrill, Psalm 23:5, Psalms for Praying, Red squirrel, Robert Taylor, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver | 1 Comment

A Blessing for When You’re in the Wilderness

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Esther Hizsa

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. —Matthew 4:1 (NIV) On the day the Spirit leads you into the wilderness,may you know it was a Friend that led you thereand that … Continue reading →

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Love Is Found Here

Posted on February 10, 2023 by Esther Hizsa

For love and freedom are only found when one enjoys each note as it arises,then allows it to go, so as to be fully receptive in the notes that follow.–Anthony de Mello, Stop Fixing Yourself, 130. Each note–this lovely one,that … Continue reading →

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If I Believed That

Posted on February 3, 2023 by Esther Hizsa

On that day you will realize that I am in my Father,and you are in me, and I am in you.— John 14:20 (NIV) What if that day was today,and today, I woke up and realized this is true? What … Continue reading →

Posted in Ignatian Spirituality, Mindfulness, Poetry, Reflections | Tagged Cat-Bliss, Esther Hizsa, Etolane, Finding God in all things, Funkybug, John 14:20, Joy Is Measurable, Sister Anne Arabome, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver | 2 Comments

Turn to Wonder

Posted on December 23, 2022 by Esther Hizsa

“I have wonderful news:the Hoped-for-One,the Birthing you’ve longed forin the depths of your soul,has come, oh yes, has come!”— Joyce Rupp Really?I can’t see it happening.I long to be birthed into long stretches of unrattled moments,moments of easeand wholenessuntinged with disappointment. Will Your coming calm the sea of my lifefree me from my paralyzing thoughtssatisfy my hunger?This wafer … Continue reading →