Catherine's Cafe Vocation Blog

Dominic at Prayer Prayer is one of the pillars of Dominican life.  Pillar can be translated to mean that according to the Dominican way, prayer is suppose to be a major part.  Yes, even a daily component.  Saint Dominic demonstrated fervent prayer for us in his own life.  Unlike other saints of his day, Saint Dominic did not do a lot of writing or correspondence.  But, his early followers did record information about the prayer life of Saint Dominic.  Simply put, his life was shaped by daily prayer.  So, you would think that after thirty years of this lifestyle, I would at least be getting the pray pillar right!  Not so!  Recently, a dear friend fell seriously ill.  All I could do was bargain with God – which they say is the lowest form of daily prayer.  My own prayer reminded me of a story I heard one of our sisters tell once:   A young boy lost his baseball mitt.  Desperate, he hid the family’s statute of the Blesse...

As a Dominican Sister of Sinsinawa, daily I encounter the abundance of God in Earth’s gentle gifts of water, light, air and in all that lives and breathes in nature, in loving relationships and in all the daily events that unfold in my life. It is so easy to miss the abundance when I am absorbed in challenges, future responsibilities or worries that can creep into my consciousness and consume my time and energy. That’s when I need to pause, breathe deeply and return to that CENTER where ABUNDANCE dwells. Where and when have you experienced God’s abundance today? Take a few moments to PAUSE, BREATHE DEEPLY and BE! Patty Rinn, OP Kearney, Nebraska