The Fire Within
“Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger.” — Ephesians 4:26 St. Paul does not command us not to be angry. He assumes we will. The invitation is to allow anger to become a…
No One Blooms Alone
Every brushstroke of the painting below was a prayer for the Roses of Hope’s Garden. I began this piece several months ago after a rather emotionally intense Domestic Abuse Support group. I am grateful that technology allows me to minister…
The Divine Bridegroom Knocks
Healing · Messages from the Bridegroom · School of the Bridegroom · The Bridegroom · The Song of Songs
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock.” (Revelation 3:20) Jesus the Divine Bridegroom literally knocked on the door of my heart and asked to sing the Song of Songs to me on the evening of June 1, 2019. My twenty-seven year…
The Gift That Keeps Giving
From our contributors · Messages from the Bridegroom · Personal Reflection · School of the Bridegroom · The Bridegroom
How finite persons can give an infinite gift of self… “Where is life more conscious of its potency than in the pleasure of giving itself away? Must we not say that life is never more alive than when it gives…
A House is Not Always a Home
God has etched into every human heart a deep, persistent longing for home. A true home is so much more than just a shelter and a place to store your belongings. What makes a house a home… a home that…
The Cross is a Door
Healing · Marriage · Messages from the Bridegroom · Personal Reflection · School of the Bridegroom · Suffering · The Bridegroom
Within the cross is life And consolation. It alone is the road Leading to heaven. This sacred cross, An olive tree so dear, With its oil anoints us Giving us light. My soul, take up this cross Rich with consolations…
The Love of Christ Makes All Things New
If you had told me back in 2018 that one day I would fall in love again and even marry again, I would have laughed in your face and said you were crazy. After a 27 year marriage that ended…
The Drama of Divine Love
The Bride of the Song of Songs, lifts the veil and allows us to observe the drama, the divine romance, playing out within the secret depths of her heart. This same drama is being played out in each of our hearts…
“Open to Me, My Love!”
In Bethlehem, 2000 years ago, the Bridegroom Messiah came as a little, powerless babe. He lived, suffered, died, and rose again to redeem His Bride and open the doors to the eternal wedding feast for us – all of humanity…
Our Lady’s Roses of Tepyac
The feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe is celebrated on December 12th, the anniversary of the final apparition to Saint Juan Diego in 1531. In 2017, she drew near to me and comforted me in my suffering as I…
The Patiently Waiting Bride
“Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth.” The Bride, Song of Songs 1:2 Origen and St. Bernard of Clairvaux, two of my favorite commentators on The Song of Songs, agree that with her first words the Bride beautifully expresses…
The Bridegroom is Coming
The ancient Israelites were waiting for the Bridegroom of YHWH to come and save them. The prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, Baruch, and Amos had all foretold that the time of the coming of the Divine Bridegroom would be like a wedding…
