God’s Center Is Everywhere
Maureen O'Brien
December 30, 2024
“God is a circle whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.”
—St. Bonaventure
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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).
In Praise of Being Lighthearted
Maureen O'Brien
December 28, 2024
Many of us, in a truly admirable way, place our faith at the center, and are quite disciplined. But can we also invite lighthearted elements into our spiritual practices?
‘Not Me, but God’
Maureen O'Brien
December 26, 2024
And the miracles, all of them, move forward, as miracles do, and this new one, a boy who believed, who chronicled miracles about holy bread.
Let Us Adore All Year
Maureen O'Brien
December 13, 2024
Today, no matter the pressures, the tedious circumstances, let us open our hearts to adoring God.
Prayers for All Eight Billion
Maureen O'Brien
November 26, 2024
One of the most used words today is “divided.” And yet the word Catholic (from the Greek) means “through the whole” and “worldwide.”
Finding Peace in a Bruised World
Maureen O'Brien
November 17, 2024
In the cacophony of the world’s troubles, it can be difficult to find quiet. Think of the words of Jesus in John 14:27: “Peace I leave you; my peace I give you.”
Give Thanks for the Emptiness
Maureen O'Brien
November 12, 2024
I walked last night down past the houses until there was only a wildlife refuge, dunes on the left, empty beach on the right.