https://collegevilleinstitute.org/category/bearings/ exploring faith, igniting imagination, renewing community Fri, 12 May 2023 15:18:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://collegevilleinstitute.org/bearings/god-speaks-to-me-from-hollow-trees/ https://collegevilleinstitute.org/bearings/god-speaks-to-me-from-hollow-trees/#comments Wed, 19 Jul 2023 09:00:37 +0000 https://collegevilleinstitute.org/?p=21632 God is filling your lungs / and you are in the middle of the story.]]> https://collegevilleinstitute.org/bearings/god-speaks-to-me-from-hollow-trees/feed/ 3 https://collegevilleinstitute.org/bearings/standing-in-awe/ https://collegevilleinstitute.org/bearings/standing-in-awe/#comments Wed, 12 Jul 2023 09:00:59 +0000 https://collegevilleinstitute.org/?p=21625 What prayers do the trees offer to God, and will my prayers / be heard if my prayer shawl is folded away in a drawer?]]> https://collegevilleinstitute.org/bearings/standing-in-awe/feed/ 2 https://collegevilleinstitute.org/bearings/vigil/ https://collegevilleinstitute.org/bearings/vigil/#comments Wed, 05 Jul 2023 09:00:36 +0000 https://collegevilleinstitute.org/?p=21621 Soon, / before this morning passes, / you will see God face to face, // God who sits with us / these pre-dawn hours / here in this small room]]> https://collegevilleinstitute.org/bearings/vigil/feed/ 2 https://collegevilleinstitute.org/bearings/embrace-wisdom-treasure-wisdom/ https://collegevilleinstitute.org/bearings/embrace-wisdom-treasure-wisdom/#respond Wed, 28 Jun 2023 09:00:31 +0000 https://collegevilleinstitute.org/?p=21617 Wisdom shouts in the streets / She cries out in the public square / ... Embrace wisdom, treasure her, she’s better than all riches]]> https://collegevilleinstitute.org/bearings/embrace-wisdom-treasure-wisdom/feed/ 0 https://collegevilleinstitute.org/bearings/caterpillar-or-butterfly/ https://collegevilleinstitute.org/bearings/caterpillar-or-butterfly/#respond Wed, 21 Jun 2023 09:00:44 +0000 https://collegevilleinstitute.org/?p=21611 Joe was on a respirator / for three months. // Who would’ve believed / he’d be on a cruise now, / sight-seeing in the Bahamas.]]> https://collegevilleinstitute.org/bearings/caterpillar-or-butterfly/feed/ 0 https://collegevilleinstitute.org/bearings/my-skincare-routine/ https://collegevilleinstitute.org/bearings/my-skincare-routine/#comments Wed, 14 Jun 2023 09:00:11 +0000 https://collegevilleinstitute.org/?p=21606 I wait all winter for my favorite lotion, sunlight, / Both serum and salve to every parched pore.]]> https://collegevilleinstitute.org/bearings/my-skincare-routine/feed/ 1 https://collegevilleinstitute.org/bearings/the-one-who-sees/ https://collegevilleinstitute.org/bearings/the-one-who-sees/#comments Wed, 07 Jun 2023 09:00:20 +0000 https://collegevilleinstitute.org/?p=21596 It’s been a long stretch of loneliness. / Life is a rougher texture / than I thought it would be, / full of disappointments, humblings]]> https://collegevilleinstitute.org/bearings/the-one-who-sees/feed/ 2 https://collegevilleinstitute.org/bearings/processing-our-national-grief/ https://collegevilleinstitute.org/bearings/processing-our-national-grief/#comments Mon, 29 May 2023 09:00:58 +0000 https://collegevilleinstitute.org/?p=21690 On this Memorial Day, Ellen Spero considers how the Vietnam War Memorial provides an example of the ongoing process of grief in community that might also guide us in the wake of Covid-19.]]> https://collegevilleinstitute.org/bearings/processing-our-national-grief/feed/ 2 https://collegevilleinstitute.org/bearings/relieving-anxiety-through-yoga/ https://collegevilleinstitute.org/bearings/relieving-anxiety-through-yoga/#comments Mon, 22 May 2023 09:00:06 +0000 https://collegevilleinstitute.org/?p=21680 Lauren L. Murphy has found a way to move from anxiety to rest and peace. In the practice of yoga, she grounds her body, stills her mind, and connects to her Benedictine spirituality.]]> https://collegevilleinstitute.org/bearings/relieving-anxiety-through-yoga/feed/ 1 https://collegevilleinstitute.org/bearings/my-fathers-blessing/ https://collegevilleinstitute.org/bearings/my-fathers-blessing/#comments Mon, 15 May 2023 09:00:11 +0000 https://collegevilleinstitute.org/?p=21673 Nabuule Vivian shares her process as she seeks to reconcile the ancestor religion of her father and grandfather with the Catholicism of her family and upbringing. What is conveyed by her father's blessing?]]> https://collegevilleinstitute.org/bearings/my-fathers-blessing/feed/ 2