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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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Let Us Pray: The Power of Vespers

Maureen O'Brien September 24, 2024

I’ve always loved the word vespers because it sounds like a precious form of whispers, but I’d never heard vespers sung until I recently discovered a sacred oasis at the Abbey of Regina Laudis in northwestern Connecticut.

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The Precious Fallow

Maureen O'Brien September 17, 2024

When you think of the indwelling of your spiritual life, do you see different seasons at play? Growth spurts, slower times?

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O, the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus

Maureen O'Brien September 4, 2024

Today, ponder these uplifting lyrics: “O, the deep, deep love of Jesus/Vast unmeasured, boundless, free/Rolling as a mighty ocean/in its fullness over me.”

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