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Two Blessings (not just one!)

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Virginia

At the end of my 8-day silent retreat in November, Sister Maria McCoy asked me to pick a blessing from a bunch of folded papers in a bowl.  Putting my hand in, out came this first blessing … much to … Continue reading →

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Beauty & a Lenten Friday quote (from Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Virginia

“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God’s handwriting – a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a … Continue reading →

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