By nature, I am an early person…and I had the most wonderful morning this morning because of it. After several sections of the paper, a large mugful of dark roasted Tanzanian Jubilee coffee, and a bowl of oatmeal, I headed to church for a meeting of liturgical ministers. I arrived an hour ahead of time…
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.
Advent II, 2008
Advent II 2008 Comfort, O Comfort Gather them! With incensed steam—a mug of bone warming hope swizzled with the tingleof a mulling-spiced dream! Feed them! With the marrow of faith—rich from the flavorsof steeping in life; fatwith succulent beauty! Comfort them! With a breadth of love—yeasty, dense, and prone to rising;with a soft and nestling…
Longings
From the RevGals…An Advent Friday Five Five Advent longings time alone gentle, warm company to be carried away by song and Word to be grounded in the need of here and now the adventure of life in fullness
Whole Heart
After trying for three months to find a date and time, I had brunch after Mass yesterday with a friend. We spoke of our recent experiences working abroad in Mexico and Myanmar, we spoke of God and choice and light and Advent and the fact that the world is a mess but full of God…
Advent I, 2008
Advent I 2008 Watch Now is the timeof star-crisp invitationto draw in, center down,toward the gathering fireand watch the becoming of silence. This until, when sparks singe the lowingof winter’s wind,there comesthe nascent crackling of joy. poem- ©MperiodPress image-http://galleries.lycos.co.uk/d/15164-2/bonfire-01.jpg
Ginger Naps
I just took a pie out of the oven. A pie and two custards, actually, as I had too much pumpkin filling for the crust. The pie turned out wonderfully–the custards a winning experiment. Best of all, though, was what happened while they were baking. The house was quiet and I was alone in the…
Notes from a stairwell
From my notebook writing before liturgy… “9:51 AM. Tucked into the stairwell above the entrance to the main church level, waiting for the 9:00 Mass to let out but not in any hurry. I am quite comfortable, actually…warm, pleasantly secure, and in a position to hear and see much. Listening to the cantor sing during…
Mixing it Up
Friday five from the Rev Gal Pals! 1) Do you have a food processor? Can you recommend it? Which is to say, do you actually use it? Have access to one–but prefer chopping by hand. There is something satisfying about wielding a knife and watching the pile of ingredients mound…. there’s also the sensory experience–the…
11/18 The Feast of Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne
A homily for the Feast of Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne, Religious of the Sacred Heart who brought the Society to the United States in 1818. Readings: Isaiah 52:7-10 ; Psalm 63; Lk 12:22-34 “Do not worry about your life and what you will eat, or about your body and what you will wear…can any of…
A box, a box…
Taken from my notebook where I was writing before liturgy today… “Sitting in a pew, watching the choir arrange themselves in the section where I usually tuck in…now listening to them practice the Gloria and finding it a much more pleasant alternative to the woman who is speaking even louder now to be heard by…
Consider the Lilies 