Reflections

\Whatever our individual troubles and challenges may be, it’s important to pause every now and then to appreciate all that we have, on every level.

The world has enough beautiful mountains and meadows, spectacular skies and serene lakes.

Gratefulness is a portal through which life gazes at itself.

When we release expectation and experience appreciation, all the moments of our lives become openings and opportunities.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

We did not ask for this room or this music; we were invited in.

National Vocation Awareness Week (November 3-9, 2019) celebrates those called to the priesthood, diaconate, and consecrated life.

As has been my custom in these blog posts, all of the posts focus on gratitude, for as the Dominican mystic Meister Eckhart once said, “If the only prayer you