FROM REV GALS…IT’S FRIDAY FIVE TIME…THIS WEEK, A LOOK INSIDE THE WARDROBE! 1. Are you a hoarder, or are you good at sorting and clearing? Depends on what we’re talking about…clothing, I’m good at clearing. Pens/paper, not so much! I’ve been clearing out lately too–feels good to lighten the load on all fronts! 2. What…
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.
Nothing Rhetorical About It
I came across one of my favorite questions in the Gospels the other day—Who do you say that I am? Within those seven words is an endless fountain of contemplation that can be considered from a multiplicity of angles. Who at times might become what; say turns to draw, write, sculpt, see; am might slowly…
Basic language
I’ve been stuck on the soundtrack for Godspell for a little over a week now so it makes sense that a song from it is what came to mind during the 10:30 homily this past Sunday. The Gospel had the sea-tossed disciples asking a sleepy Jesus “Do you not care that we are perishing?” Peter…
Bearing the Ordinary
Every once and a while I dump whatever bag I am carrying at the time and imagine what story the contents might tell someone about who I am… SparkCharts Advanced Spanish vocabulary/Idioms; orange Rhodia notebook/journal; My Life with the Saints by James Martin; second notebook full of notes and copied out Spanish vocabulary; new pair…
Verbiage
Friday Five…One Day Late! Based on the book Life is a Verb… 1. What awakens you to the present moment? Feeling grounded myself–inside if not out; paying attention; listening to instinct; writing about it. 2. What are 5 things you see out your window right now? Hmm…pigeons, a delivery truck, someone going through our garbage,…
Sunday in the Gym with God
I admit it. My mind wandered during liturgy this morning—the first 10:30 AM Mass in the Xavier High School gymnasium. Being asked to stand in as a lector necessitated a seat change that meant I was facing the congregation. The congregation…and the scoreboard. Not in the least athletically inclined in a sport that ever uses…
Getting a Move On!
Brought to you by the pals at Revgals…it’s Friday Five! Time to get a move on… This one is timely for me as I will be spending my summer getting life and belongings in order so that I might go to Chile in the fall, return for two months, and then head to Rome for…
Sunscreen and Barbecue
Today was field day. The whole middle school took buses to a school in CT and essentially ran silly all day long. The smell of sunscreen and barbecue was in the air, the sounds of screaming, laughing students as well as birds never noticed in the City, the taste of the deliciously varied potluck pieced…
La Mezcla
The Mix. Such is my life these days and weeks… doing grades…beginning goodbyes…finishing school with my wacky, antsy, students who are completing last projects in a frantic frenzy while otherwise anticipating the onset of vacation… Coming to realize more fully what it means to me that I have been recommended for final vows and can…
Shadows in a Former Space
Today, I arrived at Mass customarily early. Thus ended personal custom for this Sunday! The church space has shrunk over the course of the week—new dimensions are demarcated by floor-to-top-of-scaffolding canvas sheets. The cloth affords a wedge shaped view of what lies beyond this artificial boundary—the high altar, caution-taped sections of pews… My curiosity, however,…
Consider the Lilies 