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Maureen O'Brien

Maureen O'Brien's award-winning short stories and poems have been published widely in magazines and anthologies. She lives in Connecticut, where taught creative writing to teenagers for 25 years. She holds an MA in creative writing and a BA in philosophy and religion. She is the author of What Was Lost: Seeking Refuge in the Psalms and Gather the Fragments: My Year of Finding God’s Love (Franciscan Media).
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Like a Firefly

Maureen O'Brien March 7, 2023

It’s late July. The Northeast is rolling with the peapod-scent of cornstalks rising and clouds reflect with perfect symmetry in the stillness of the reservoirs.

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Jesus and Abundance

Maureen O'Brien March 2, 2023

Reflect Today ponder the words of John 10:10: “I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly. I am the good

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Lift Him Up

Maureen O'Brien February 24, 2023

Reflect Today, reflect on the Fifth Station of the Cross: how Jesus became human, how he needed our help. Pray God, help me be like

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God Moving toward Us

Maureen O'Brien February 16, 2023

Reflect Sister Ilia Delio, OSF, writes: “We move toward God because God has first moved toward us—this is the Franciscan path of prayer.” Pray God,

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Peace amid Uncertainty

Maureen O'Brien February 6, 2023

Reflect Even the great contemplatives struggled with knowing God’s will. Reflect on Thomas Merton’s prayer, “I know that . . . you will lead me

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Letting Go of the Storm

Maureen O'Brien January 31, 2023

Reflect Today reflect on the passage from Matthew 8:26: “Then he got up, rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was great calm.” Pray

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