We have a new community member. She has 16 children, 19 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren and she had her latest baby in 2022, Miso. By Nancy S. Mahoney, SHC Novice Our newest member is a long distance swimmer taking a 1,600 mile journey every year or so. She is about 56 feet long and …
My Mother’s Endless Giftby Grace Lightfoot Chairez My prayer life is my mother’s legacyThe one gift as valuable as all the others together.It became the gateway to what matters most. Prayer is warrior armor protecting me from arrowsA magic carpet carrying me on adventuresA sage guiding me when I am totally lostThe angel reaching me …
By Virginia Marie Rincon Lent has always been a challenging time for me. Challenging in the sense that every Feb with out skipping a beat my symptoms of lupus poke their ugly head out and remind me of this dis- ease in my body. This has been my journey since 1989 when I had my …
In today’s Lenten journal, Rev. Judith Liro ponders circles—the circle made by prayer beads, the circle we gather in to worship, and the great circle of life. “Come to the circle, the circle of Life, Come to the circle of Life.Come to the circle, the circle of Life, Come, dance and sing! ” —Words and music by …
Mary, by St H member, Peggiann Jones In today’s Lenten blog, Rev. Judith Liro, explores how prayer beads and the connection they bring to Mary, mother of Jesus, can bring us comfort. Today I want to focus on the comfort to be found in praying with beads. We have a need to be soothed and …
“This is what it means to say Scripture is sacred and inspired. It’s not that every word is a law that must be followed or that every word was dictated from above. It simply means that the Holy Spirit speaks to us in and through these stories.” — Rev. Judith Liro
Today, the Rev. Judith Liro, founding priest of St Hildegard’s explains how she takes the ancient tradition of praying with the Roman Catholic rosary and makes it come alive for herself with new language. The image above is from https://wayoftherose.org/sample-page/ “In the circle (of a Roman Catholic rosary) there are five large beads with ten …
“Within our community we’ve been longing for a shared practice that is Hildegardian and organic, a dance with Spirit and traditional form resonating with our life up to now and fitting our new reality of being dispersed across many time zones. Perhaps praying with beads together in a Hildegardian way could enhance our healing container …
https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2022/02/21/episcopalians-explore-embrace-green-burial-as-a-final-act-to-care-for-creation/ From the article by BY HEATHER BEASLEY DOYLE, see link above for full article” Episcopalians are helping to shape the future of funeral practices as people increasingly consider the economic and environmental costs of typical American burials, while also seeking to reconnect with the circular nature of life and death in the natural world.” …
St. Hildegard’s will offer our annual Lent Silent Retreat March 8-10, 2019 at John Knox Ranch. This silent retreat is for anyone wanting a place to come with the intention of deep listening. It is a time for “being” rather than “doing.” In supportive companionship you are encouraged to “be where you’re at,” and listen …
