Human beings tend to doubt everything even when they believe in God. Sometimes, our doubts and agnostic beliefs help us trust God and God's work in our lives.
Anything that helps me see reality as it is, break free from the chains of judgment and expectations, and embrace the beautiful soul that I am is helpful in my journey to recover my inner light.
After my 25th anniversary of religious profession, it was time to fly back to Hawaii and visit family and friends — bringing along Lee, one of my mainland friends in our religious community, to share the adventure.
The term organic was uppermost in all that Earthrise Farm expressed for many years. Yet an even more dynamic term was coming onto the horizon: regenerative!
Life in the Philippine missions is truly challenging, and life in the hospital is doubly demanding. But creating the hospital and serving the people bring their own miracles.
I realized this emptiness is there, but could not stop looking back; now, they are not behind us but ahead of us. They wait for us, not in the harbor we left, but in the one toward which we are heading.
As Earth citizens, we are invited to let the Spirit of Truth transform us as we advocate for the common good — and a world where all people are valued.
In 2007, Sr. Lou Ella Hickmanshe submitted a poem to an anthology. Next her poetry collection was published. Then a composer set some of her poetry to music.
In May I had a wonderful opportunity to spend a month with the Basilian Sisters of the Province of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Romania — a blessing and an enrichment, culturally and spiritually.
For me, mothering and fathering is the art of emptying out of self for the growth of another being. Mothering and fathering are not pampering or dominating, but empowering through one's life example.
The faithful love of God invites us to be "de-crucifiers," and to dream and work for a world where no one is crucified and where all have the same rights.
We are all Simon of Cyrene, writes Sr. Jeannine Gramick. We're asked to carry a huge, splinter-filled cross and we don't know why. We don't know where we're going. But when we trust, we're not lost.
In the midst of fear, uncertainty and persecution under a nefarious dictatorship, we try to continue to announce, with our lives, the presence of Jesus, who is also a witness of this very harsh reality.
Almost every day near our convent in San Antonio, I pass a memorial mural and see Claudia's resolute face. She stands as a witness that something is wrong in our human family, because we do not yet recognize each other.
Life, the ancients knew, all depends on our willingness to collaborate, to do the things together that are important for us all. That's something we need to remember in this time of agitation and uncertainty.
Contemplate This - I led the day retreat and opening prayers for the 2023 meeting of the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests. And in the priests' dialogue with laywomen, I saw the spirit of synodality prevail.
As a spiritual director it is a sacred privilege to journey with others in their relationship with God. So it has been a sacred experience to live life in the presence of God in New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment.
The only way to achieve a good and truly human life in a place like the Andes mountains, far from the cities that have more resources, is the support and protection of the community.
Summer reminds us that we all need rest. We rest so that we can better love, and by resting, we recognize that rest — the very act of sabbath-making — is part of our call as people of faith.