Creative Musings from the Convent Blog

You Were Born With Wings!

By Sister Doreen, SSJD I found myself pondering once again one of Rumi‘s quotes: You were born with potential.You were born with goodness and trust.You were born with ideals and dreams.You were born with greatness.You

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The Secret Sits

By Sister Doreen, SSJD “We dance around in a ring and suppose; but the Secret sits in the middle and knows.” Robert Frost. “We carry inside us the wonders we seek outside us.” Rumi. Both

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From Personal to Universal

By Sister Doreen, SSJD I came across a quote by Carl Rogers, an American Psychologist that was known especially for his person-centered psychotherapy, that made me stop and begin to ponder. The quote was “What is

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Ancient Love

By Sister Doreen, SSJD “When did the first whisper of your primeval love touch with infinite tenderness all that exits? When did your kiss awaken each sleeping atom? When did you breathe life into every

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You are Very Great!

By Sister Doreen, SSJD The Anglican Church Calendar quote for April is from Psalm 104: 1-2: “Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honour

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The New Life of Easter!

By Sister Doreen, SSJD “Here is the greatness and all the unimaginable splendor of the Easter mystery – here is the ‘grace’ of Easter which we fail to lay hands on because we are afraid

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Palm Sunday

By Sister Doreen, SSJD “Dear friends in Christ, during Lent we have been preparing for the celebration of our Lord’s paschal mystery. On this day our Lord Jesus Christ entered the holy city of Jerusalem

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Lent is Moving into Holy Week

By Sister Doreen, SSJD As C.S. Lewis put it so succinctly, “you are living your life as if you were trying to survive it.”  This Lent let’s do more, individually and collectively, than worry about

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