The Hands of Our Mother
Maureen O'Brien
May 13, 2022
Even the smallest of misunderstandings can grow into a web of confusion and hurt feelings. Has some issue in your life felt like a knot that only grows tighter?
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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).
Indwelling Stillness
Maureen O'Brien
April 25, 2022
Today can you notice when you are rushing to get through a task? It’s tiring and ultimately unsustainable. Psalm 46:10 offers as a salve some of the most familiar yet beautiful words : “Be still and know that I am God!”
Mary, Untier of Knots
Maureen O'Brien
April 25, 2022
When life gets tangled, who better to go to than our mother?
Like Green Sunflowers
Maureen O'Brien
April 9, 2022
Look around your life today. Can you see how God is right here? Can you tell that you don’t have to wait for anything else to happen?
Gabriel’s Wings
Maureen O'Brien
March 25, 2022
In the rush and busyness of our lives, we sometimes forget that our prayers come from a truly holy source, and that we, too, are holy.
Buds of Hope
Maureen O'Brien
March 14, 2022
During the weeks of Lent, we embrace the sorrowful mystery of Christ’s death, knowing we are always journeying toward rebirth. Who in your life is feeling spring will never come to their hearts again?
Holy Humdrum
Maureen O'Brien
March 1, 2022
Instead of fighting the mundane and boring today, flip it and see if you can find something sacred in the act, a deeper connection lurking underneath.