West Elk Mountains, West Elk Wilderness, Colorado
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Children
Great Egret and chicks – High Island, Texas
Prayers
Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota
Do not be afraid
Turkey, Mead, Washington – hen hides her three chicks while peeking out of the tall grass
Love all things (even the creepy and crawly)
Brown Bat and Cicada exoskeleton on Live Oak – Spring Branch, TX
The Poor
Killdeer – Spring Branch, TX
Encountering Others
Double-crested Cormorant – High Island, Texas
Turning To Look at Him
Osprey – Lake Granby, Colorado
Acts of Love
What is the power of a smile, a hand shake, a hug, a sincere heart felt greeting or a prayer? Teresa of Avila; mystic, reformer, theologian and Doctor of the Church, understood that small acts of love are essential to our spiritual well-being and the spiritual well-being of our Church.
Moose Calf nursing with Mother – Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
Shadows and Light
West Elk Mountains – West Elk Wilderness, Colorado
Comfort in hard times
St. Peter Claver lived in the valley of the shadow of death. He was the slave to the slaves; feeding, treating, teaching, caring for and baptizing hundreds of thousands of slaves in Cartagena, Columbia for over forty years from 1615 to his death in 1654.
Dead grove of aspens – West Elk Wilderness, Colorado
Black bear leaves mark on aspen tree
Where are we sent?
Colorado Sunset - Walsenburg, Colorado
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Flowers for the Handmaid of the Lord
This less than one minute video combines mountain wild flowers and a mosaic of the Blessed Virgin Mary from the Basilica of the Rosary in Lourdes, France.
Our Life's Journey - an encounter with God
Steadfast Love
Fremont Pass, Colorado
Happy Birthday America
Bull Elk – Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
Prayer
Prayer is spending time close to God, listening to the Creator of all.
There are many forms and types of prayer. Imaginative contemplation of biblical readings, developed by St. Ignatius, is one type of prayer that often allows me to hear His voice. The link below is a 12 minute example of imaginative contemplation prayer provided by the Pray as You Go* App. This app provides daily prayers and I have found it useful in developing my prayer life.
Open this hyperlink and listen by hitting the play button that will appear at the top of the screen http://pray-as-you-go.org/prayer/?uid=4787
K2 Mountain, Capital Peak and Mt Sopris, Colorado
*The Pray as You Go App is provided by Jesuit Media Initiatives
Light
There are all kinds of lights. Lights of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. (see Gal 5:22-23)
What kind of light will you be?
Sunrise on Tenmile Peak, Colorado
A Sacred Heart
It has been said that perhaps the only irrational part of God is how much He loves us. A love so complete that God, who is eternal and cannot die, became man, suffered and died for the love of man. A God that loves us so much, He enters our heart and dwells in our innermost being. A God that loves us so much, he holds the world together despite our sins to each other, the world and to Him. No it is not an irrational love, but a perfect love.... a Love found in the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Let us bow our heads and pray that we are given the grace to begin to love as Jesus loves.
Baby Swallow, Amarillo, Texas