God Is Right Here
Maureen O'Brien
May 21, 2025
When we pray and seek out God, we are often led right to what’s already here in our lives.
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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).
Open the Door to Joy
Maureen O'Brien
May 14, 2025
How has your life been influenced by suggestions from people from your own faith community? Can you practice one of those suggestions today?
Outgoing Calls
Maureen O'Brien
May 2, 2025
Sometimes we forget to reach out to those we care about. Make that call today. Trust that the spirit will guide you to say the exact right thing.
Defining Prayer Anew
Maureen O'Brien
April 25, 2025
And though you believe you hold no hope, you just bought three pears and are waiting for them to ripen in the bowl.
The Incredible Procession
Maureen O'Brien
April 18, 2025
Good Friday is the most holy of days: The Veneration of the Cross is stark and sorrowful, yet so full of pure adoration from ordinary people.
Hushed Mother Love
Maureen O'Brien
March 28, 2025
Marian apparitions bring us so much guidance, beauty, and sustenance. The apparition of Our Lady of Knock, Ireland, is the only apparition where not a word was spoken by the Blessed Mother.
Animus Christi
Maureen O'Brien
March 18, 2025
Sometimes the world feels so chaotic, abrasive, everything exploding, even trashed. In these times, the simplest of phrases can be the most grounding—like Animus Christi, the soul of Christ.
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