The Wrong Clothes

Lightweight packing seemed the order of the day.

All essential items packed for the trip,

Or so I thought.

 

However, on arrival at the station, all clothing was in a single bundle,

Fellow travelers hurriedly sorted their belongings from mine.

I left them alone, only asking if they could find my camouflage top and bottom,

As my first meeting required my presence as a General.

(My job, as it turned out.)

 

The pile they left had all the clothes which were mine,

Except the camouflage pants and shirt,

Which had been moved to a lower shelf,

Assumptions being made they were not mine.

Even so, I could not wear them,

As it turned out they were a civilian brand,

Either way branding me as a fake on the outside.

 

Or the inside.

Walking with God During Difficult Times

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Friday Evening

Dr. Michael Cunningham (Opening Conference) Fountain

Fr. Mike Higgins (Presider and Opening Conference) Fountain

Saturday Morning

EUCHARIST (Fountain)

REFLECTION (Conference)

Ms. Jean Bowler

Deacon Manuel and Chela Valencia

ENCOUNTERING GOD IN THE UNEXPECTED (Conference)

Saturday Afternoon:

Michael J. Cunningham, D.Min, O.F.S.

RECONFIRMATION (Conference)

Saturday Evening

Saturday Evening Reflection (At the Fountain)

Ms. Jean Bowler and Michael Cunningham, Fr. Bruno D’Souza

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Sunday Morning

Eucharist (Fountain)

Wrap up

Optional Conference

WALKING WITH GOD DURING DIFFICULT TIMES (Conference)

Fr. Bruno D’Souza C.P.

Online devotions

THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS

THE ROSARY

LECTIO DIVINA

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

THE WOMAN WHO ANOINTED JESUS

The Shepherdess

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The Shepherdess looks out once more, towards the hills,

Jerusalem, never far behind, always in her heart,

Cuddling the needed one,

Found with a lost tribe,

Searching for a more permanent home.  

  

She no longer looks for the tabernacle,

But others seek it, embedded deep inside her heart,

As she lives and loves in an interior filled with passion,

Eternally created and illuminated within.

 

The enlightenment now complete,

Caused by full surrender to His will,

She feels her purpose,

Now consummated in spiritual love, and a permanent marriage of desire. 

 

Traveling the hills, the shepherdess sees all sheep,

The hidden ones,

The injured ones,

The rejected ones,

Who seek nothing but her presence.

 

Her mystical life lies ahead,

Not just filled with sheep,

But with transformation,

As she replicates the love within,

                    And fills the kingdom with shepherds.

Hiding From God

Hiding From God

Seems like it would have been easy,

After all, I have concealed and fooled all the others,

They don’t know my secret,

Yet at least.  

 

Now, several months on,

With my concerns for leaks secure,

A mind is filled with the omission;

The one who knows my failure,

And prompts my conscience to respond.

 

I can no longer keep my distance,

Time to go to my inner room, and have the overdue talk.

 

Which He has already overheard.

 

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WALKING WITH GOD DURING DIFFICULT TIMES

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Friday Evening

Dr. Michael Cunningham (Opening Conference) Chapel

Fr. Mike Higgins (Presider and Opening Conference) Chapel

Saturday Morning

MORNING PRAYER (Chapel)

REFLECTION (Conference)

Ms. Jean Bowler

Deacon Manuel and Chela Valencia

ENCOUNTERING GOD IN THE UNEXPECTED (Conference)


Saturday Afternoon:

Michael J. Cunningham, D.Min, O.F.S.

RECONFIRMATION (Conference)

Saturday Evening

Eucharist (Chapel)

Saturday Evening Reflection (At the Fountain)

Ms. Jean Bowler and Michael Cunningham, Fr. Bruno D’Souza

_________________________________________________________________

Sunday Morning

Eucharist (Chapel)

Wrap up

Optional Conference

WALKING WITH GOD DURING DIFFICULT TIMES (Conference)

Fr. Bruno D’Souza C.P.

Online devotions

THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS

THE ROSARY

LECTIO DIVINA

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

THE WOMAN WHO ANOINTED JESUS

Walking with God During Difficult Times

Click on the highlighted areas to view the online conference or program

Friday Evening

Dr. Michael Cunningham (Opening Conference) Chapel

Fr. Mike Higgins (Presider and Opening Conference) Chapel

Saturday Morning

MORNING PRAYER (Fountain)

WALKING WITH GOD DURING DIFFICULT TIMES (Conference)

Fr. Bruno D’Souza C.P.


Saturday Afternoon:

Michael J. Cunningham, D.Min, O.F.S.

RECONFIRMATION (Conference)

Saturday Evening

Eucharist (Chapel)

Saturday Evening Reflection (At the Fountain)

Ms. Jean Bowler and Michael Cunningham

_________________________________________________________________

Sunday Morning

Morning Prayer (Chapel)

Deacon Manuel and Chela Valencia

ENCOUNTERING GOD IN THE UNEXPECTED (Conference)

Wrap up (At the Fountain)

Eucharist (Chapel)

Optional Conference

REFLECTION

Ms. Jean Bowler

Online devotions

THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS

THE ROSARY

LECTIO DIVINA

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

THE WOMAN WHO ANOINTED JESUS