by Daphne Levey Uncategorized / By Virginia Marie Rincon Daphne Levey has been a long-time member of St. Hildegard community. She shares the following reflection to create an authentic dialogue on our relationship with the land and water. You may respond to this piece through our community email; Sthildecommaustin@gmail.com Here is the place to start, a quote …
Wendy Stiver, MA 29 April, 2023 While the history books are usually written by those in the center of dogmatic power, the real “stuff” of life takes place in the margins and the intersections. This truth is woven throughout the Gregorian calendar, which carries holidays with names like “Easter” that reflect how the early Christian …
Daphne Levey has been a long-time member of St. Hildegard community. She shares the following reflection to create an authentic dialogue on our relationship with the land and water. You may respond to this piece through our community email; Sthildecommaustin@gmail.com Here is the place to start, a quote by Ched Myers: “It is impossible to …
Dear Community and friends,Please join us for an Advent contemplative experience: “Discovering Our Advent Mandala” by the Rev. Virginia Marie Rincon. We will gather on Zoom Wednesday, December 7th, 2022 1:00-4:00pm Central. She will share how she uses mandalas as a spiritual practice and will lead us in a meditation to create our own Advent mandala. See …
My Mother’s Endless Giftby Grace Lightfoot Chairez My prayer life is my mother’s legacyThe one gift as valuable as all the others together.It became the gateway to what matters most. Prayer is warrior armor protecting me from arrowsA magic carpet carrying me on adventuresA sage guiding me when I am totally lostThe angel reaching me …
By Virginia Marie Rincon Lent has always been a challenging time for me. Challenging in the sense that every Feb with out skipping a beat my symptoms of lupus poke their ugly head out and remind me of this dis- ease in my body. This has been my journey since 1989 when I had my …
In today’s Lenten journal, Rev. Judith Liro ponders circles—the circle made by prayer beads, the circle we gather in to worship, and the great circle of life. “Come to the circle, the circle of Life, Come to the circle of Life.Come to the circle, the circle of Life, Come, dance and sing! ” —Words and music by …
Mary, by St H member, Peggiann Jones In today’s Lenten blog, Rev. Judith Liro, explores how prayer beads and the connection they bring to Mary, mother of Jesus, can bring us comfort. Today I want to focus on the comfort to be found in praying with beads. We have a need to be soothed and …
“This is what it means to say Scripture is sacred and inspired. It’s not that every word is a law that must be followed or that every word was dictated from above. It simply means that the Holy Spirit speaks to us in and through these stories.” — Rev. Judith Liro
