Here are the ten convictions of Damián of Molokai as referenced in the earlier post today… 1. I will fight without ceasing and without discouragement because I believe God is always with me, giving me a hand. 2. I will struggle without fear or rest to build up the reign of God here on earth…but…
Author: Kimberly M. King
I am a Religious of the Sacred Heart (RSCJ) living in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. I am the director of Barat Spirituality Centre, www.baratspirituality.org, a writer, a juggler, a quick wit, a walker. I enjoy reading all sorts of fiction and non-fiction and regularly write both essays and poetry. Other interests and abilities include Spanish/English written translation and simultaneous interpretation, cooking, and time spent thinking and observing.
Damien and the Not so Itsy Bitsy
I had an interesting experience this morning after washing my face in the bathroom. Think about washing your face… no glasses, right? And then you bring the towel up to your face to dry, right? Picture a black dime…inflated to three dimensions. Put eight legs on this chubby dime… THAT is what was on my…
de Reñaca
I write this while sitting in the room of my community’s house that serves as everything except kitchen, bathroom, and bedrooms. I can hear dozens of feral dogs barking outside, nothing unusal about that, and smell the instant espresso that many have for their morning wake up. The view from the window on my right…
Falling and Springing
From Rev Gals! It’s a Fitting Fall Friday Five for me! Why? Because it is my favorite season and I leave at 11:45 tonight for nine months in Chile where it is rising Spring. I’ll still have access to the Internet and will be chronicling the experience in one way or another. The nine months…
Things seen
I was returning from the post office this afternoon and saw these two little scenes. The leaves and bright ticket caught me…the arrangement on the sidewalk, yes, but also the components and chance of them being together… where would that ticket take someone who picked it up? Where did it already take someone? Where will…
Oh. My.
This is the unsophisticated thought that has been running through my head since picking up my Visa yesterday and realizing that I am actually leaving for Chile on Friday evening and God willing, arriving in Santiago at noon the next day. I am at once quite mellow and exceedingly wound up. I am filled with…
Stairing
From RevGals… a most thoughtful Friday Five Halfway down the stairsIs a stairWhere I sit.There isn’t anyOther stairQuite likeIt.I’m not at the bottom,I’m not at the top;So this is the stairWhereI alwaysStop. Halfway up the stairsIsn’t up,And isn’t down.it isn’t in the nursery,it isn’t in the town.And all sorts of funny thoughtsRun round my head:“It…
Upon First Seeing
For a video of the renovations being done and more info–click here.This is an excerpt from my journal after first being back in the main Church. I couldn’t find a place to sit that allowed room for the expanse of feeling moving around within me so I went to the back. And then out came…
Our Lady of Sorrows
Today is the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, to whom St. Madeleine Sophie Barat dedicated the Society of the Sacred Heart in a tumultuous time of our history. May the ones whose hearts have been pierced and yet found life be a source of love, understanding, compassion and consolation in a suffering world.
PJs
In a Jam with RevGals….Friday Five Time! As the weather cools off into a lovely fall, my son and daughter are rediscovering their joy in cozy footed “pajammies” Without going to TMI land, share with us your sleepwear memories and preferences…. 1. What was your favorite sleeping attire as a child? And did you call…
Consider the Lilies 