Creative Musings from the Convent

Sister Doreen’s Reflections “Dear heart, come home … Love of a lasting kind came forth, embracing me like a long beloved one come home for the first time … and [God] slipped in beside me

Sister Doreen’s Reflections An Autumn Blessing Already the calendar says that Autumn begins!  And the leaves have begun to turn colour and some are beginning to fall.  I share a lovely poem with you for

Sister Doreen’s Reflections Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you, when they revile you and persecute you and speak all kinds of evil

Sister Doreen’s Reflections Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called children  of God. “Our life and our death is with our neighbour.  If we gain our neighbour, we have gained God, but if

Sister Doreen’s Reflections “Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.“ “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” (Antoine de

Sister Doreen’s Reflections Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy. “Mercy within mercy within mercy.”(Thomas Merton) Just a reminder: Blessed, what does Jesus intend by using this paradoxical word?  In trying to understand

Sister Doreen’s Reflections Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. Bread for myself is a physical question; bread for my neighbour is a spiritual question.(Nikolai Berdyaev) Just a

Sister Doreen’s Reflections Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth. O the magnitude of meekness! (Christopher Smart) Just a reminder: Blessed, what does Jesus intend by using this paradoxical word?  In trying

Sister Doreen’s Reflections Blessed are those who mourn for they will be comforted. In the deserts of the heart,Let the healing fountain start.(WH Auden – in Memory of WB Yeats) Just a reminder: Blessed, what

Sr. Doreen’s Reflections Blessed are the Poor in Spirit, for theirs is kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they who have nothing to lock up. (Dostoevsky – Crime and Punishment) Anthony Bloom commenting on this Beatitude