Get Up.

All through the afternoon I have been unable to begin anything. Not even to look at the to-do list, never mind to add or subtract anything from it. I think this is a danger of coming-to-terms from afar with the sorrow of Uvalde, Texas this week. The usual go-round of voices limiting the potential causes

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