Finding Light in Darkness: Your Turn

By Laura Kelly Fanucci | 28 October 2022
finding light in darkness as mother

This Week on Mothering Spirit Gina’s essay shares how antidepressants deepened her relationship with God and her joy as a mother. Kimberly’s prayer (in Spanish and English) asks for God’s help to choose love even in our struggles. Resources to keep reflecting Gina mentions the prayer “Hail, Holy Queen” in her essay. Find the whole prayer here. Sarah…

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May Flowing Waters Quench The Parched Land

By Rakhi McCormick | 19 October 2022
a prayer for flowing mercy

May flowing waters quench the parched land. May tiny tendrils push through the once hardened ground and blossom. May the grip of gloom be loosened to make way for joy. May the smallest spark of light shatter the suffocating darkness. May the tombs be empty and the gardens full. And in the groaning and straining…

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Epiphany

By Laura Kelly Fanucci | 6 January 2014
epiphany baby

epiph-a-ny : a usually sudden manifestation or perception of the essential nature or meaning of something It was supposed to be a practice session. She’d gone through the training and wanted to try out what she learned. I’d been sick for weeks, and she offered to come over one night, hoping a gentle touch might…

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