Creative Musings from the Convent

Sister Doreen’s Reflections “IT IS THE BEST POSSIBLE TIME TO BE ALIVE, WHEN ALMOST EVERYTHING YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW IS WRONG!” (Tom Stoppard) Some time ago when reading Diamuid O’Muchu’s book “Catching Up with Jesus”

Sister Doreen’s Reflections “Life is like the breath: we must be able to live in an easy rhythm between give and take. If we cannot learn to live and breathe in this rhythm, we will

Sister Doreen’s Reflections (from BAS Eucharistic Prayer #4): “The human community and the natural world will go into the future as a single sacred community, or we will both perish in the desert.” (Thomas Berry)

Sister Doreen’s Reflections Acts 4:32-35, The Message Translation: “The whole congregation was united as one – one heart, one mind! They didn’t even claim ownership of their possessions. No one said, “That’s mine, you can’t

Sister Doreen’s Reflections The Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23): “By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” It is interesting to note, and I

Sister Doreen’s Reflections “A Benedictine spirituality of community requires meaningful contact, a common vision, and the beating of a cosmic heart big enough to embrace all of life.”  Joan Chittister Building community is hard work.

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 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