Showing posts with label St. Therese de Lisieux. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St. Therese de Lisieux. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Wordle #181: St. Therese de Lisieux

Wordle #181



Peering into the lives of the saints 
provides a connected and vital chain to our risen Lord.  
With that connection, 
my speech takes on a new importance 
in radiating no harm to others.  
For which of us broken humans 
needs a word (such as name-calling) or action 
that strips away any divinity that is left in us?  
Signs of help for us can be found in a poem 
from the likes of St. Therese de Lisieux.   
So let’s raise our goblets to St. Therese 
(who, even as she lay on the sheets of her bed) 
gave us a sense that we too can strive for holiness 
in ‘little ways’ as she did.



As my faithful readers can see, 
I've been drawn back to this place.
I won't be writing here on a daily basis,
but St. Therese and Mother Mary 
are whispering in my ear...


linking 
Wordle #181
to Brenda's


Friday, November 1, 2013

All Saints Day

Out in Blogland,
I have become familiar
with many talented writers
artists and photographers.
I don't quite experience jealousy,
rather it is admiration
for all the various ways others
bring their thoughts and gifts to
the ether of the internet.
One such site is Satya Robyn's
 Today is "Mindful Writing Day"
on her blog.  
Below is my offering I shared. 


St. Therese de Lisieux

All Saints Day
A day of holy obligation,
But that is not what brings me here
To my parish church;
It is love for God and my neighbors
That draws me to this place.
Then, the students’ sing,
Opening my heart
And I join in the gift they offer
To God.