This picture is a detail from François Gérard’s painting of St Teresa of Ávila, a Spanish Carmelite nun, contemplative, and mystic who was born in 1515 and died in 1582. She wrote several spiritual classics considered to be masterpieces of the spiritual life, and was the first woman to be made a doctor of the…
Tag: Peace
A Time to Surrender
Happy New Year MuSinGers, The past few months have been a whirlwind of activity and a rollercoaster of emotions for me, as much as for many other people at this time of year. Who are we? What are we doing or not doing? Are we taking time to just be? Where are we going? Bushfires…
I can’t be you
My suburb is popular with the ‘trendies’. Some of those who live and work here often wear designer clothes, would never hang out with older people, display immaculate hairstyles, and often swear in public as easily as sneezing. They congregate in the fashionable bars where no one over the age of 35 exists. It never…
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