I have a new book recommendation to share!! @ancientfaith allowed me to review an emotional and powerful biography about Fr. Nicola Yanney, the first missionary priest ordained in America… https://t.co/WbsNtWTnpT
Bearing Much Fruit: A Review of Apostle to the Plains: The Life of Father Nicola Yanney by the Saint Raphael Clergy Brotherhood https://t.co/ZHNpF00RiV
“Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.” - St. Augustine of Hippo https://t.co/ea12nti8vD
This week on a hike through the Sierra Blanca Mountains, I thought about @mrsmetaphor 's book, GARDEN IN THE EAST: THE SPIRITUAL LIFE OF THE BODY. How miraculous and precious are our… https://t.co/eCc7AbSCOG
"The tasks that have been entrusted to us are often difficult. Almost everything that matters is difficult, and everything matters."
#Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
"Suffering, failure, loneliness, sorrow, discouragement, and death will be part of your journey, but the Kingdom of God will conquer all these horrors. No evil can resist grace forever." Brennan Manning
My heart is happy today. After a long year, I wrote something public again. It's a book review for @ancientfaith publishing, and they liked it and put it on their blog today. I am thankful for God's mercy and healing! https://t.co/uhmmq3PiK2
@jpoch read from his newest collection, TEXASES, tonight. His was beautiful language and mine is a lightened heart after a too-long absence from my poetry roots.