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  • Mary sees her risen son. I see my mom.

    April 28, 2025 /

    There is a fascinating meditation in the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius:  Imagine what it would be like if Jesus appeared to his mother after his resurrection. (#299) Though not recorded in scripture, it seems fitting that Mary would have been one of the people graced by the Lord’s resurrection appearances.  This exercise took me in a surprising direction. As with all the Ignatian exercises, I imagined the scene. Mary was working in a garden surrounded by a rock wall.  There was an open gate.  It was early morning.  The sun was rising through the gate.   I felt the breeze and the sun’s warmth on my skin, smelled the fresh…

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    September 16, 2024 /

    Dotting gardens and landscapes around Western North Carolina are resurrection lilies. They are so named because the leaves appear lush and green in February, resembling daffodils. Unlike daffodils and many other bulbs, the leaves of the resurrection lily die without blooming. It is not until September that a solitary shoot will emerge out of the barren ground and produce a spectacular bloom.  Hence the name, ‘resurrection lily’. There are parallels between the life cycle of the resurrection lily and the cycle of consolations and desolations common in the spiritual life.  The springtime comes.  The leaves perk up filled with hope and promise after a long winter.  But there is no…

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  • “What happened to the sun?” asked the two year old

    September 2, 2024 /

    Last week, I was at Emerald Isle with my family.  In addition to my delight in being with my children and grandchildren and their spouses and partners, I received a neat lesson on the spiritual life.  I was holding one of my grandsons, J.B., who is two and a half.  On the first evening, I pointed to the horizon and said, “Look, the sun is setting.”  We gazed off the balcony, from which we had a view of the sunset, the sunrise, and the ocean in between.   As he saw the sun disappear, there was some separation anxiety.  When he said, “Good night, Sun,” it felt ominous, like a…

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