Category Archives: Houselander, Caryll
“A tiny new Eden”
“To a young child home stands for God. In it he learns to see and touch the gifts of God. If his mother is wise she will make his home beautiful. She will copy the world’s creator and make a tiny new Eden. She will bring in flowers and give the child animals and feed …
When “a hundred or a million are suffering”
Sorry for not posting in awhile. God’s will was manifest in my life in unexpected events. . . In praying for the people in Japan, I was reminded of this pertinent perspective from Caryll Houselander: It struck me last night that many people are increasing their fear by thinking in crowds, i.e. they think of …
“Hidden in our darkness”
Advent, like winter, is a time of hiddenness and darkness. The leaves are stripped from the trees, and the trees look dead. We know life is hid within them, but it’s hard to tell. One can only have hope if you remember Spring is coming. The same is true for us. We must have faith …
When our emotions seem to outrun our surrender
I’m fairly sleep deprived with a lot “on my plate” at the moment, and actually have had a lot on my plate for over a year–not just a lot to do, but am dealing with a lot of major things that I can’t really go into here. That can easily kick up anxiety in me. …
Just holding on to a rosary
On this Saturday, Mary’s day, I want to share this beautiful excerpt from one of Caryll Houselander’s letters (quoted in Magnificat today): Your own troubles are really very sad indeed; I do feel very deeply for you. It certainly seems that prayer is the only help–that and taking each trial separately, trying not to look …
Overcoming the world
The verse for the Canticle of Zechariah in Morning Prayer this morning is: “The world will persecute you, but have courage, I have overcome the world, alleluia.” I began to think: “How are we to overcome the world? How did Christ overcome the world?” The answer that sprang immediately to my mind–and which I trust …
True beauty
. . . last September Our Lord told me that He wished that I would look at Him much more in people, that He would like to be loved and reverenced more in people and “discovered” and recognized even in very unlikely people. He would like people to be told and shown “their glory”–which of …
My ways are not your ways . . .
Sometimes I just have to repeat myself. I was browsing through my journal last night and came across this quote from Caryll Houselander which I love. I know I posted it awhile ago, but maybe your memory is like mine and you won’t mind reading–and pondering–it again. I often think that the ideal of our …
Responding to Haiti
If you’re like me, you feel heartsick and helpless about Haiti. I found a lot of consolation in this excerpt from a letter of Caryll Houselander’s: It struck me last night that many people are increasing their fear by thinking in crowds, i.e. they think of hundreds and thousands suffering etc., whilst the fact is, God …
We are just human
As you can imagine, with our good friend in the hospital and her family out-of-state, we have been very busy. In addition, two of the four residents in one of our Emmanuel Houses were admitted to two different hospitals this week. Saturday night during Evening Prayer I could hardly keep my eyes open. (I had …
