Wednesday Wisdom: Living Mercy. In Hebrew, the word for mercy is hesed, which has many more nuances than it does in English. It can be translated as tender love, loving kindness, steadfast love, and loving compassion. Lately, I’ve been feeling so much grief over my elderly mother now being in a wheelchair, and moving into assisted…
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Wednesday Wisdom: The Tender Love of Mercy. Can we have mercy for ourselves? I am just not myself these days. I am disoriented, as I try and accept the change that has taken place with my elderly mother, and as a result with my relationship with her. She fell a few…
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Wednesday Wisdom. Surrender to Love. Today, I am leading a contemplative day of prayer at the lovely and restful Santa Sabina center in Northern California. My theme is embracing surrender in our hearts and in our lives. I will utilize my book, Seeking Surrender, has the focal point of this retreat. As…
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Today as I write this post, my 92-year old mother is facing hip surgery. She fell last week and ended up in the hospital with excruciating pain. The outcome is undetermined: whether she’ll make it through the surgery; and if she does, whether the surgery will even be successful. When I spoke to…
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Wednesday Wisdom: Live By a Few Simple Principles. I remember what the late Matthew Kelty, a trappist monk at the Abbey of Gethsemani, once said in one of his evening talks while I was on a retreat at the monastery. “Live by a few simple principles.” I have reflected on this many…
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Wednesday Wisdom. Love Heals. I just spent Labor Day weekend with my 92-year old mother in Palm Springs. Just the two of us. I am grateful that she is relatively well, and still lives in her own home with the daily care of people in the mornings to give her a shower,…
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