HEAVENLY BAUBLES

Card Design by Jane Crowther

GOOD SUNDAY AFFIRMATION

GOLD AND SILVER STRANDS

SPARKLINGS SOULS TWIRLING FROM HEAVEN

YOU ARE STILL CHERISHED

…in loving memory of all those gone before us…

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“Joy is the serious business of Heaven.”

C.S. Lewis

REACHING HIGHER

The Monastery of the Holy Spirit

Artful Writing

“We are brought thick desserts, and we rarely refuse them.

We worship devoutly when we’re with others.

Hours we sit, though we get up quickly after a few minutes, when we pray alone.

We hurry down the gullet of our wantings.

But these qualities can change,

as minerals in the ground rise inside trees

and become tree, as a plant faces an animal

and enters the animal, so a human

can put down the heavy

body baggage and

be light.”

from The Essential Rumi

 

 

 

FUN IN THE SNOW

HAIKU

NOEL HAS PASSED BY

YET SNOWMAN REMAINS LOVEABLE

FOR CHILDREN TO PLAY

WINTER DELIGHT

Artful Writing

PAST THANKSGIVING PUMPKIN

STILL BRIGHTLY ORANGE

PIERCING THROUGH MORNING SNOW

WONDERFULLY AMUSING!

…such is the beauty of winter…

IN FLIGHT

Road from Bethlehem to Egypt by Dorothy Riley

Honoring The Holy Innocents

Artful Writing

Fleeing Herod’s raging jealousy, who commanded the death of all newborns in Israel, the Holy Family was warned in a dream to flee to Egypt.  The cries of the Holy Innocents died for the new born Christ.

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Let us pray for the protection of all children in danger of famine, war and disasters.

 

LET IT RAIN

HAIKU

EASTERN WINDS BLOWING

SHEETS OF SILVERY ICICLES

COVERING SLICK LEAVES

…meandering peacefully on a fine rainy day…