August 8, 2023 Almost a Memory What is it that the song awakes in me?Almost a tear — almost a memory;A fleeting, lonely something that evades,A glimmering of memory that fadesAnd vanishes as I pursue — and yet,Something it is my heart cannot forget. What is this...
August 7, 2023 “To live without hope is to cease to live.”– Fyodor Dostoyevsky Dolores Hart was 24 when she left behind a successful career in Hollywood for a contemplative life as a nun. After making 10 movies, including several with Elvis Presley, she entered...
August 6, 2023 “All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.”— Havelock Ellis There will come a time in your healing journey when everyone will assume, “She’s over it by now” or “He’s recovered and moving on with his life.”...
August 5, 2023 “There are many saints to whom God has given the power to assist us in the necessities of life, but the power given to St. Joseph is unlimited: It extends to all our needs, and all those who invoke him with confidence are sure to be...
August 4, 2023 “I read obituaries first thing in the morning. With a cup of coffee. This is NOT MORBID. Just epic. Maybe it’s a way of trying to figure out, before the day begins, what is important. I am curious about all the little things that make up life. Little?”―...
August 3, 2023 David Harkins was an aspiring 23-year-old artist working as a baker in 1982 when he wrote a short prose poem in honor of a young woman who had been his model for several years. Painting was a hobby for him, and she agreed to pose. And while their...
