Category Archives: prayer

Discernment

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Rosalind C Hughes

I asked God a hundred times or so to show me the way. Trying to wrestle guidance from the silence was like wringing a dry towel in the desert and hoping for water to soothe a burning tongue. Today, whether … Continue reading →

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Consider hibernation

Posted on January 2, 2018 by Rosalind C Hughes

a sabbatical of sorts… Continue reading →

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Wordless

Posted on December 20, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

Wordless came the Word of God; not silent, as the night revolved around him snuffling, yawning, suckling, sighing, crying out the love of God, wordless, gazing into the eternity between one body and the next.

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In all circumstances

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

“Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing. Give thanks in all circumstances.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16 Continue reading →

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Psalm for a commute

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

My God, my God, the traffic is backed up and there is no exit in sight. I am hemmed in all around by hostility; horns sound their derision and air brakes vent their anger. Evil eyes blink yellow and red: … Continue reading →

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Advent

Posted on December 6, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

Dangerous moments in a darkened womb; the unfamiliar arrhythmia of travel, the fresh, tart taste of fear filtered through amniotic fluid, lullaby of strange sirens steering the weary; sunk in your swaying sea, time contracts creation to a singularity still … Continue reading →

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This world

Posted on November 8, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

A word of scripture whispered in my ear and would not let me go. Continue reading →

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Timely: a psalm

Posted on October 24, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

Bend my time back to the moment
when You are ever present,
and let it be now. Continue reading →

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Friday

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

In God’s gospel truth, the day comes when nothing is to be done, except to shiver below the lowering sky, crouch within the trembling earth, wind down the body into the new-hewn tomb * * * The birds are the … Continue reading →

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Unfair

Posted on September 24, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

You do not reward us according to our loveableness, thank God, you are less fair, unlike our exacting, you err always on the side of mercy, balancing justice by melting down wood and iron, recasting the scales to create love’s … Continue reading →

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