Searching for a Balance

 "What is the peace of the world? Perhaps we would call it security or safety; the sense that physical walls and human strength, burgeo...

My brother just brought up the smaller air conditioner for the spare room. We used to bring it up in time for July 4th, but it's been 90...

 May the Lord send forth the Spirit and renew the face of the earth! Amen.

I dreamed about Dolly last night. She was outside, exploring; she was well! She was Dolly. It was so good to see her. Make of that what you ...

 I went to Mass this morning in the city. The cathedral choir sang "If Ye Love Me" by Thomas Tallis . Just beautiful.  This mornin...

 "The great thing, if one can, is to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions of one's 'own', or 'real...

 We've had a lot of windy days lately, and today was one of them, but bright blue and clear. The temperatures are up and down, like they...

Perfect days like this make you forget the ones that went before - it was wonderful. Sunny, temperate, very breezy. I went out and wished I...

  Refrain: I received the living God, and my heart is full of joy. I received the living God, and my heart is full of joy. 1 Jesus said: ...

The purple-leafed plum was blooming a week ago, and it was exciting to see: the first blooming tree. Four days later, it was over! We did ha...

 "Whoever said that to speak about Christ and to spread his doctrine, you need to do anything unusual or remarkable? Just live your ord...

I tend to plan my blogging for the end of the day, but it often happens that I'm tired, or involved in something, or it's too late, ...

 "We must contain ourselves in patience, remembering each morning that our main job is to love God and to serve him and if we don't...

  a woodland themed towel from Debra! I figure that normal temperatures for this time of year should be in the mid-fifties. Not this week, t...

  God of everlasting mercy, ...increase, we pray, the grace you have bestowed, that all may grasp and rightly understand at what font they h...

 I hope everyone had a lovely Easter observance. Our orthodox friends will have it tomorrow. The season lasts until Pentecost - we have a ni...

 Love lives again, That with the dead hath been. Love is come again Like wheat that springeth green... Dierec Bouts

Holy Saturday almost escapes us in the rush from Good Friday to Easter. What are we to make of this strange and silent day, thousands of yea...

Upon this wood his body bore The nails, the taunts, the spear, Till water flowed with blood to wash The whole world free of fear.  Giotto...

 "There is an inner as well as an outer Jerusalem, and that therefore the events of Holy Week are both about Jesus' outward, visibl...

 "I was never more at ease than when sleeping with the bears. They were entirely without odor, without bad breath even two hours after ...

 "We say that we believe. And yet do we? At the slightest difficulty, we cry to God, and if he doesn't answer our prayer within the...

 I'm back to making bread; it seems, along with soup, a Lenten thing to have.  Here's the recipe   The soup I made today was potato ...

"On this mountain [God] will destroy the veil that veils all peoples, The web that is woven over all nations; he will destroy death for...

  O God, your love for the world transforms darkness into light, hatred into love,  and persecution into peace through the gift of your only...

 Well, the split in my thumb is healed, and I stitched up the opening on the chair cushion. It was awkward using the curved needle, but not ...

 "Most of us are under pressure, external and internal, to do everything, be good at everything, be accountable to everyone for everyth...

 We're in for some very springlike temperatures this week. The snow has greatly receded, the grass is showing itself, along with puddly ...

  Jewish and Christian traditions of spirituality speak of the Word of God as the living water whereby the spirit is cleansed and refreshed....

 "Lent is a time of transformation. As we gaze into the dark faith of prayer upon the glory of God revealed in Jesus Christ, we are tra...

 The paths my brother plowed for the rabbits are getting wider, the grass in them is more visible. Water was running into the drains at the ...