Once More

Born the newest day Light rising steady blooming Inviting joy once more

Jesus in the church (Glenstal 2022)

In the Abbey Church the hour before noonday Mass, in the quiet a woman kneels, with a bucket of water and a cloth washing the kneelers of each and all the pews. She bends and wipes, sits sometimes and sighs, sometimes kneels in silence. and then continues to bend again. (I think never have I

On to Glenstal

The sun is shining here this morning at Ashbourne. It wasn’t shining half an hour ago, and it may not be ten minutes from now. But now, it shines. So, stay with the present moment. Within the hour with my kind hosts, Billy and Pauline, we will set out ultimately for Glenstal Abbey. It is

Germantown

This is the first real travel since Covid began its long and challenging visit. I arrived two days ago in the City of Brotherly love, and have been settling in to a routine of prayer and discovery here in Germantown. I’m in Saint Margaret’s House at Saint Luke’s Church in Germantown. I am here as