Category: Sister Muriel

[caption id="attachment_14435" align="alignright" width="150"] "Peasant Children," Vladimir Makovsky, 1890, WikiArt[/caption] Above my pallet bed, wood carved, I rise To one verse, John 1:1, recited aloud with Morning rosary prayers, bowl...

[caption id="attachment_19530" align="alignright" width="150"] "Irish forests deep, fern-lined path I walk..."[/caption] Irish forests deep, fern-lined path I walk, Elevated in faith, my feet touch not earthly Ground, my steps following...

[caption id="attachment_11161" align="alignright" width="150"] "Resurrection," Mikail Nesterov, 1892, WikiArt.[/caption] When questioned by monks of resurrection, I, Sister Muriel, saw renewal, Christ same but Different, new creation, purity of soul and...

[caption id="attachment_16563" align="alignright" width="150"] "Virgin Mary," Joaquin Sorolla, 1887, WikiArt.[/caption] Winter-still afternoon, Irish farmlands, cold, Clouded skies, first snow flurries fall, gentle Flakes, covering frozen earths. Crucifix- Clutched to breast,...

[caption id="attachment_3749" align="alignright" width="150"] Saint Thelka, 11th century fresco in Saviour Cathedral of Chernihiv, Russia, 2007. Wikipedia.[/caption] Armed strangers we feared, men silent Stalking on wooded paths, face hood- Concealed,...

[caption id="attachment_17778" align="alignright" width="150"] "Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind," John Everett Millais, 1892, WikiArt.[/caption] Part 3: Recollections and Reflections (Last) Within these verses, darkness cannot Remain unstated, for with joy...

[caption id="attachment_14435" align="alignright" width="150"] "Peasant Children," Vladimir Makovsky, 1890, WikiArt[/caption] Part 2: End of Suffering Dreams, harsh realities blending into waking Days and weeks, I, Sister Muriel, questioned Why those...

[caption id="attachment_2871" align="alignright" width="150"] "Sermon on the Mount," Carl Heinrich Bloch, Wikimedia.[/caption] Part 1: Revealing Dreams Revealing dreams, images, voices past My imagining, upon awakening my life Changed, single word...

[caption id="attachment_12495" align="alignright" width="150"] "Pine Forest," Ivan Shishkin, 1885, WikiArt.[/caption] Seventh day in Irish wilderness, I, Sister Muriel, ventured to borderlands of pagan And Christian faiths, soul searching, Praying, pains...

[caption id="attachment_16311" align="alignright" width="150"] "From the Well," Rudolf Schweitzer-Cumpana, WikiArt.[/caption] Part 4: Child by Stone Reborn (Last) Confrontation on Kirkjubøur shores, island Laird, Fuldarr named, pitted Betrys against myself, Sister...