Savouring January - Day 16 - Old

Me and my old, faithful friend, 

Puppy woof-woof.

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Savoring January - Day 15 - Beauty

January sky

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Savouring January - Day 13 & 14 - Soothe and Joy

A warm cup of creamy cocoa 

on a cold winter’s Sunday evening 

soothes body and soul 

while my newest mug and fluffy sweet marshmallows 

delights the heart, 

bringing many a Joyful smile.

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To Bless the Space Between Us . . .

This tender photo touches me so

and has become quite a guiding light

and touchstone for me, too.

How do I let go of a painful situation?

This is how...

Stand calmly, quietly in my truth,

knowing what I know.

Instead of expecting and aching

for what they can't/won't give

(for whatever reasons that might be),

choose to let it be by

sending love and warmth

(as best I can in each moment).

Shine in your own little space in the night sky,

dearest one,

all while blessing the space between us.

Help me, Mama?

Right here, Baby Girl.

Yes.

Blessed be.

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Savouring January - Day 12 - Be

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Savouring January - Day 11 - Thoughts

Sometimes I don’t even know what I think 

until I start writing.

Taking the time to put pen to paper 

(or fingers to keyboard) 

often helps me to untangle 

what’s going on inside of me.

Having a lit candle nearby 

reminds me that this really is prayer 

and that I am never alone 

when I pour out my heart on the page. 

I am deeply grateful for my journal, 

my trusted, faithful friend and witness.

Blessed be.

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Daily Guidance - January 10

Seeing Our Lady of Charity

reminded me of the song,

"Where Charity and Love Prevail.

Chorus:

Where Charity and Love Prevail,

there God is ever found.

Brought here together by Christ's love,

by love are we thus bound. 

With grateful joy and holy fear

God’s charity we learn;

Let us with heart and mind and soul

now love God in return.

Forgive we now each other’s faults

as we our faults confess;

And let us love each other well

in Christian holiness.

Let strife among us be unknown,

let all contention cease;

Be God’s the glory that we seek,

be ours God’s holy peace.

Let us recall that in our midst

dwells God’s begotten Son;

As members of his body joined,

we are in Christ made one.

No race or creed can love exclude,

if honored be God’s name;

Our family embraces all

whose Father is the same.

Text: Ubi Caritas, tr. Omer Westendorf (1961)

Tune: CHRISTIAN LOVE, CM, by Paul Benoit (1961)

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