Category Archives: Julian Cell Blog

Blessing for Ash Wednesday So let the ashes come as beginning and not as end; The first sign but not the final. Let them rest upon you as invocation and invitation, And let them take you the way that ashes … Continue reading →

Our Lady of the New Advent, Gate of Heaven Gate of Heaven, You are round and open, beckoning. Your hands are raised in blessing: blessings rain down on our uplifted faces. Mother of the All, you contain the answeer to … Continue reading →

Reflection of love from Scripture, Daily Word booklets and others: Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude… 1 Cor. 13:4 Love has the power to heal, and prayer connects us in … Continue reading →

Thought of Grace– Opting for Love Cinderella’s fairy Godmother did not say to Cinderella “That stepmother of your is such a bitch…We’ll show her!”  She could not have said those things — or even thought them — and retained her … Continue reading →

The Healing Time Finally on my way to yes I bump into all the places where I said no To my life.  All the untended wounds, the red and purple scars, Those hierglyphs of pain carved into my skin, my … Continue reading →

Swimming, One Day in August It is time now, I said, for the deepening and quieting of the spirit among the flux of happenings. Something had pestered me so much I thought my heart would break. I mean, the mechanical … Continue reading →

“Love is the willingness to create the space in which something is allowed to change.” Harry Palmer As quoted in Living Deeply: The Art and Science of Transformation in Everyday Life   Working Together We shape our self to fit … Continue reading →

Sometimes we make the mistake of overlooking spiritual guidance because it does not come in the package we are expecting to see…  Our guidance is everywhere we choose to look for it, and everywhere we don’t look for it too. … Continue reading →