Category Archives: Presence

A Moonlight Prayer

Posted on February 20, 2019 by Spirit Moments

Last night’s full moon will be the biggest for this year. I have always been a moon and a moony person. A hopeless romantic is often seen as a lunatic. I love mooning in the moonlight – in reverie, in … Continue reading →

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Sleeping as Prayer

Posted on January 10, 2019 by Spirit Moments

I have this strange notion that we are closest to God when we are asleep. When we are awake, so many things demand our attention. When we are asleep, our senses are at rest and so is our consciousness. But … Continue reading →

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Life Questions

Posted on January 5, 2019 by Spirit Moments

The new year is but the continuation of our searchings and our journey. It also evokes questions on where we are going, how we will get there, why do we even want to go. We yearn for certainty and answers … Continue reading →

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What is Time?

Posted on January 3, 2019 by Spirit Moments

The end of a year and the beginning of a new one always rouses thoughts about time. They say time is more precious than gold. Wealth that is lost may be regained but time that is gone will never be … Continue reading →

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Affirmation

Posted on December 23, 2018 by Spirit Moments

A house with no people living in it is but an empty shell. It will never be a home. People are the soul that make a house a home. And so man is composed of both body and soul. A … Continue reading →

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S.A.D. @ Christmas

Posted on December 22, 2018 by Spirit Moments

Christmas is a joyful season. But how is it that Christmas is often tinged with a touch of sadness for many people? It is a time of love and maybe we miss people we love we could not be with … Continue reading →

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Our Lady of Guadalupe

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Spirit Moments

Today is the Feast of our Lady of Guadalupe. In all the authenticated Marian apparitions, our Lady always chose to show herself to poor and simple people like Juan Diego, on Tepeyac Hill and asking them to deliver her messages. … Continue reading →

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Disturbing Thoughts

Posted on November 28, 2018 by Spirit Moments

Business and finance. Power and politics. Science and technology. Entertainment and leisure. These are things that seems  to be driving the world today. Much of the news is about these and events in these areas always hog the headlines. But … Continue reading →

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The Gift of Time

Posted on November 24, 2018 by Spirit Moments

In my quiet moments, I enjoy looking back to memories of the past, both happy and sad, and how these have brought color into my life and helped me become the person I that I am today. I still have … Continue reading →

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Beauty Over And Out Of Ugly

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Spirit Moments

This is a burl. A burl is a rounded knotty growth on a tree, seen by many as an imperfection, and maybe even as a symptom of a disease or the sign of a faulty growth. But in the hands … Continue reading →

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