“All too often we bemoan our imperfections rather than embrace them as part of the process in which we are brought to God. Cherished emptiness gives God space in which to work. We are pure capacity for God. Let us… — Macrina Wiederkehr Copy Share Image
“Taking off your shoes is a sacred ritual. It is a hallowed moment of remembering the goodness of space and time. It is a… — Macrina Wiederkehr Copy Share Image
“Holiness comes wrapped in the ordinary. There are burning bushes all around you. Every tree is full of angels. Hidden beauty is waiting in… — Macrina Wiederkehr Copy Share Image
“I am aware of the many ways the Church has failed me, and I have failed her. Yet in the midst of these mutual… — Macrina Wiederkehr Copy Share Image
“Once you understand a wound it loses its power to destroy you.” — Macrina Wiederkehr Copy Share Image
“There’s nothing like sorrow to get your attention. It is almost as though sorrow pulls presence out of you. In the midst of sorrow… — Macrina Wiederkehr Copy Share Image
“Union with God is the only heaven there is, and it begins here on earth.” — Macrina Wiederkehr Copy Share Image
“I wind in and out of people’s lives. Having touched them, I am blessed. Having touched me, they are blessed. Our roots are deepened.… — Macrina Wiederkehr Copy Share Image
“The seasons of my heart change like the seasons of the fields. There are seasons of wonder and hope, seasons of suffering and love,… — Macrina Wiederkehr Copy Share Image
“All too often we bemoan our imperfections rather than embrace them as part of the process in which we are brought to God. Cherished… — Macrina Wiederkehr Copy Share Image
“We have not been abandoned. We have, perhaps, in that leaving been given the gift of ourselves in a new, deeper, and more lasting… — Macrina Wiederkehr Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we have to be left on our own to discover the uniqueness and strength that is ours.” — Macrina Wiederkehr Copy Share Image
