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.
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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).
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.
Undoer of Knots
Maureen O'Brien
December 8, 2021
Think of a time you tried to untie a “knot” in your life. Did you get frustrated? Know that Mary our mother is patient and gentle with the sorrows and challenges that you bring to her.
Prayer Birds
Maureen O'Brien
November 24, 2021
Listen to the sounds of nature in your world—the swoosh of leaves, the bend of branches. Even if you’re in a parking lot or on a city street, there’s beauty everywhere, calling to you.
Morning ‘Glory Be’
Maureen O'Brien
November 11, 2021
Today, as you face life’s changes, find comfort in the doxology prayer commonly called the “Glory Be.” See how God has been there through all your changes and challenges, even the hardest ones.