Angel Lights
Maureen O'Brien
November 17, 2023
In what ways have angels been a part of your faith journey?
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Maureen O'Brien
Maureen O'Brien's award-winning short stories and poems have been published widely in magazines and anthologies. She lives in Connecticut, where taught creative writing to teenagers for 25 years. She holds an MA in creative writing and a BA in philosophy and religion. She is the author of What Was Lost: Seeking Refuge in the Psalms and Gather the Fragments: My Year of Finding God’s Love (Franciscan Media).
Listen Longer
Maureen O'Brien
November 7, 2023
Today consider the words from Psalm 116: 1–2: “I love the Lord, who listened to my voice in supplication, who turned an ear to me on the day I called.”
Like the Dewfall
Maureen O'Brien
October 26, 2023
Today, reflect on these poetic words from the Eucharistic prayer: “Make holy, therefore, these gifts, we pray, by sending down your Spirit upon them like the dewfall.”
Tiny Stitches
Maureen O'Brien
October 16, 2023
Reflect In the lower level of the soaring Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, the tunic of Francis is spread under glass, patched together with
The Light of Your Face
Maureen O'Brien
September 25, 2023
Reflect During the Eucharistic prayer, we hear the words, “Remember all who have died in your mercy; welcome them into the light of your face.”
Quietude
Maureen O'Brien
September 22, 2023
Reflect Quietude is a beautiful yet underused word, defined as stillness or calmness in a person or place. Though perhaps we think it is especially
Like a Deer Who is Longing
Maureen O'Brien
September 1, 2023
Reflect Reflect on the opening of Psalm 42, “As the deer longs for streams of water, so my soul longs for you.” What do you