Riverbank of Love
Maureen O'Brien
January 21, 2022
Sleep is restorative when we get enough of it. But unfortunately, so often we don’t get the nightly rest we need.
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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).
Held in Our Brokenness
Maureen O'Brien
January 8, 2022
There is a phenomenon—if there’s a scientific name, I don’t know of it—where the trees break and fall into one another’s arms. I’ve come to call these tree pietas.
Daybreak Devotion
Maureen O'Brien
January 8, 2022
Today, think of how the light returning in your life each day is a miracle to behold. See how you can bring more joy early in your day—why wait?
The Beauty of Our Beginnings
Maureen O'Brien
January 6, 2022
Psalm 139 takes us all the way back to when we first became. It reveres the beauty of our very beginnings and returns us to the miracle of our mothers.
Everything Connected
Maureen O'Brien
January 5, 2022
The psalms keep teaching me that to be emotionally and spiritually whole, there’s no drawing lines inside the human heart.
Beginning Again
Maureen O'Brien
January 4, 2022
I hope we never forget to begin, again and again. To know, no matter what, that we are walking in love and beauty when we seek.
St. Clare’s Jar
Maureen O'Brien
December 20, 2021
In your readings, have you come across the suggestion to find an empty jar? In a time of trouble, Clare of Assisi left out an empty jar, which was later found to be full of oil.