Author: University of the Incarnate Word

Mending Wall Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it And spills the upper boulders in the sun, And makes gaps even two can pass abreast. The work of hunters is another thing: I have come after them and made repair Where they have left not one stone on … Continue reading Daily Reflection – June 21, 2021

'Man is born broken,' wrote Eugene O'Neil. 'He lives by mending. The grace of God is the glue!' Which is a nice way of saying that living is the healing. Vulnerability is not a weakness. It is a strength. Very few of us are tough enough to be soft.-Meryl Shain Teach us to care and … Continue reading Daily Prayer/Reflection – June 18, 2021

Living The fire in leaf and grass so green it seems each summer the last summer. The wind blowing, the leaves shivering in the sun, each day the last day. A red salamander so cold and so  easy to catch, dreamily moves his delicate feet and long tail. I hold my hand open for him to go. Each minute the last minute.  -Denise Levertov

To love in the face of fear is bold.To love in the face of hatred is courageous.To make the choice to stretch through resistance to love even more deeply and widely in the face of blatant acts of fear and hatred is a heroism of the heart that may be our only hope to heal … Continue reading Daily Prayer/Reflection – June 9, 2021

Eucharist in the Time of CoronaBy Sr. Chris Wiltrakis “Lord, it is good to be here.” (Mt. 17: 4) Have you had experiences that were so moving, maybe even life-transforming and you deeply desired to remain with them? Our liturgical year seems to do this after the Easter season. The celebration already lasts for 50 days, culminating … Continue reading Daily Prayer/Reflection – June 7, 2021

Fr. Ron Rolheiser, OMI: “The Eucharist as a Call to Justice”  When the famous historian Christopher Dawson decided to become a Roman Catholic, his aristocratic mother was distressed, not because she had any aversion to Catholic dogma, but because now her son would, in her words, have to “worship with the help”. She was painfully … Continue reading Daily Prayer/Reflection – June 4, 2021

May the blessing of light be on you-light without and light within.May the blessed sunlight shine on you like a great peat fire,so that stranger and friend may come and warm himself at it.And may light shine out of the two eyes of you,like a candle set in the window of a house,bidding the wanderer … Continue reading Daily Prayer/Reflection – June 2, 2021

Come, Holy Spirit, Fill us with the fire of your love. Amaze us. Astound us. Occupy our hearts. Drive out anything that is not of You. Come, Holy Spirit, Renew the face of the earth, This tired and hurting earth. Teach us to cherish it, care for it, Recognize your breath in it. Come, Holy … Continue reading Daily Prayer/Reflection – May 24, 2021

Acts 2:1-11 When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest … Continue reading Daily Prayer/Reflection – May 21, 2021