Journal of Sacred Work

Journal of Sacred Work

  • Days: 248-249 Small Things

    Note: This narrative is offered by Liz Sorensen Wesssel She was born in 1919, as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje, Macedonia. In her eighth year, her father died mysteriously and rumor has it that he was poisoned by political foes.… Continue reading

  • Days: 234-235 Peace

    Note: This reflection is by Liz Sorensen Wessel I once attended a retreat led by Fr. James Finley and he began each centering prayer in a beautiful way (as recited below)… A still small voice echoes through time and space;… Continue reading

  • Days: 227-228 Steeped in Sunlight

    Note: This reflection was written by Liz Sorensen Wessel We planned to meet for an early morning breakfast at Café Luca’s. I had meant to call the day before but time slipped away from me. Once before, we had arranged a… Continue reading

  • Days 220-221 A Moments Sunshine

    “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience." -Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Note: this reflection is offered by Liz Sorensen Wessel Last night I had the good fortune to attend the… Continue reading

  • Days 213-214 Landscape A Poem by Mary Oliver

    Note: This reflection  is shared by Liz Sorensen Wessel Landscape  Isn't it plain the sheets of moss, except thatthey have no tongues, could lectureall day if they wanted about spiritual patience?  Isn't it clear the black oaks   along the… Continue reading

  • Days 199-200 For All the Darkness…

    “All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.”  ~St. Francis of Assisi As the week draws to an end, let us pray for peace and for those who are committed to sowing violence, that… Continue reading

  • Days 192-193: Original Blessing

    “For Franciscan theologian and philosopher Bonaventure (1217-1274), the perfection of God and God's creation is quite simply a full circle, and to be perfect, the circle must and will complete itself. He knows that Alpha and Omega are finally the… Continue reading

  • Days 185-186 : One from Many

    Note: Reflection by Liz Sorensen Wessel “‘E Pluribus Unum’ was the motto proposed for the first Great Seal of the United States by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson in 1776.  A Latin phrase meaning "One from many," the… Continue reading

  • Days 178-179 Love Is The Bridge

        Note:  Shared by Liz Sorensen Wessel   Love   is the bridge   between   you   and   everything                              -Rumi Photo – high… Continue reading

  • Days: 171-172 Weave Upon Weave

    Note: Reflection by Liz Sorensen Wessel “The longer we live/The more of your presence/ We, find laid down, Weave upon weave/Within our lives.” -John O’ Donohue As Father’s Day approaches images surface; weaving's of our fathers lives intertwined with ours; yours… Continue reading