The Providence Podcast: Recent Episodes
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God Space is a spiritual community that builds connection through prayer, sharing, and service. On our podcast we’ll offer scripture reflections, interviews, guided meditations, and other ways to join in prayer. We hope you connect with us! Come as you are. You belong here. God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky.
Jesus uses strong words, but his message is simple: limit the things that make gospel living harder, have holy boundaries, and when it comes to knowing who’s with us or not, “whoever is not against us is for us.”
by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
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At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here.
God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky.
Do you want to learn more about the Sisters of Divine Providence? Check out our website here: www.CDPKentucky.org.
Music credits: Thanks to Pixabay and these artists for their royalty free music: intro and outro music Acoustic Inspire by The_Mountain, reflection questions music piano-moment-9835 by Good_B_Music, and Scripture reading music forest-of-dreams-149253 by Olexy.
There’s no getting ahead in the Christian life. Each of us is dependent, called to disciple like a child, open to life as it unfolds and trusting that God is with us, taking care of us. by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at www.GodSpaceCommunity.com. Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!
At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here.
God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky.
Do you want to learn more about the Sisters of Divine Providence? Check out our website here: www.CDPKentucky.org.
Music credits: Thanks to Pixabay and these artists for the royalty free music: intro and outro music Acoustic Inspire by The_Mountain, reflection questions music piano-moment-9835 by Good_B_Music, and Scripture reading music forest-of-dreams-149253 by Olexy.
Jesus asks his disciples, “Who do you say I am?” and it’s clear that he wants them to know him for who he is. There’s something about all of us that wants to be understood, isn’t there? Ultimately, we want to be loved, but to be loved, we also have to be known.
by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at www.GodSpaceCommunity.com. Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!
At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here.
God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky.
Do you want to learn more about the Sisters of Divine Providence? Check out our website here: www.CDPKentucky.org.
Music credits: Thanks to Pixabay and these artists for the royalty free music: intro and outro music Acoustic Inspire by The_Mountain, reflection questions music piano-moment-9835 by Good_B_Music, and Scripture reading music forest-of-dreams-149253 by Olexy.
This week we encounter Jesus as he heals a deaf person with the words, “Be opened.” His invitation to openness shows that the problem isn’t an illness that can be cured but a closedness that can opened. How open are you when it comes to speaking your truth? When it comes to listening to others? How open is your heart?
by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at www.GodSpaceCommunity.com. Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!
At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here.
God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky.
Do you want to learn more about the Sisters of Divine Providence? Check out our website here: www.CDPKentucky.org.
Music credits: Thanks to Pixabay and these artists for the royalty free music: intro and outro music Acoustic Inspire by The_Mountain, reflection questions music piano-moment-9835 by Good_B_Music, and Scripture reading music forest-of-dreams-149253 by Olexy.
Jesus is calling us to alignment between our attitudes and our actions, an authentic living out of our faith. He's interested in transforming the whole of us, and if we’re open, we allow that transformation to happen, just as it happened to him.
by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at www.GodSpaceCommunity.com. Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!
At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here.
God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky.
Do you want to learn more about the Sisters of Divine Providence? Check out our website here: www.CDPKentucky.org.
Music credits: Thanks to Pixabay and these artists for the royalty free music: intro and outro music Acoustic Inspire by The_Mountain, reflection questions music piano-moment-9835 by Good_B_Music, and Scripture reading music forest-of-dreams-149253 by Olexy.
Whether we stay or go, God is still with us. Christ accompanies us, and we accompany Christ in the company of each other. Yes, sometimes it’s hard. Sometimes we don’t want to persevere, but somehow, by the grace of God, we do. How could we not? To whom shall we go?
You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at www.GodSpaceCommunity.com. Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!
At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here.
God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky.
Do you want to learn more about the Sisters of Divine Providence? Check out our website here: www.CDPKentucky.org.
Music credits:
Thanks to Pixabay and these artists for the royalty free music: intro and outro music guitar-intro-ident-151972 by u_968xy4i23x, reflection questions music piano-moment-9835 by Good_B_Music, and Scripture reading music forest-of-dreams-149253 by Olexy.
May we journey up to the mountaintop with Jesus and his companions and encounter God too. As Jesus revealed the fullness of who he is, may we reveal the fullness of who we are before God and those closest to us. And may we each hear God proclaim that we are God’s beloved too, because we are.
You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at www.GodSpaceCommunity.com. Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!
At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here.
God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky.
Do you want to learn more about the Sisters of Divine Providence? Check out our website here: www.CDPKentucky.org.
What if instead of wondering if someone is worthy, we focus on being humble, knowing that we’re not perfect either? What if we live with patience, trusting that we’re all just doing the best we can? What if we were to bear with each other in love instead of judgement? And what if we didn’t even judge our own worthiness? Because why should we? God doesn’t.
You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at www.GodSpaceCommunity.com.
Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!
At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here. God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky. Do you want to learn more about the Sisters of Divine Providence? Check out our website here: www.CDPKentucky.org.
I can’t predict the future, but if I respond wholeheartedly to life’s events, both good and challenging, I’ll continue to grow into the person God created me to be. What I shall be has not yet been revealed. I do know that when it is revealed I shall be like Christ.
You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at www.GodSpaceCommunity.com.
Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!
At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here. God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky. Do you want to learn more about the Sisters of Divine Providence? Check out our website here: www.CDPKentucky.org.
In your heart of hearts, what do you desire? What do you want? Figure out what you desire in the depths of your heart, and you know God’s call.By Sister Leslie Keener, CDPYou can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at www.GodSpaceCommunity.com. Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here. God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky. Do you want to learn more about the Sisters of Divine Providence? Check out our website here: www.CDPKentucky.org.
Community is one of the best parts of our lives but also one of the hardest parts. Why is that? And if relationships are so hard, why do we keep persevering in them? For Reflection:
- When you think about the communities to which you belong, what have your experiences been like?
- Have you ever had an experience when you felt heard and seen and understood, cared for and loved? What was that like? How was God in that for you?
- Have you ever experienced conflict in community? Or hurt? Or misunderstanding? What was that like? Were you able to resolve it? How?
- How are you experiencing God’s love in your life right now? Maybe you could take some time with God, listening and opening, and try to notice God’s love and presence.
By Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at www.GodSpaceCommunity.com. Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!
At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here.
God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky.
Do you want to learn more about the Sisters of Divine Providence? Check out our website here: www.CDPKentucky.org.
God is present to the reality of who we are, even as God calls us to grow. God is certainly in our midst.
Find the Scripture Readings Here: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030324-YearA.cfm
For Reflection:
- What’s s bringing you hope right now?
- When you’re going through a hard time or life looks bleak, how do you deal with it? How is God with you in those times?
- As you reflect on your spiritual life at this point, what’s your call or invitation? How is God present in your life?
You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at www.GodSpaceCommunity.com. Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!
At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here.
God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky.
Do you want to learn more about the Sisters of Divine Providence? Check out our website here: www.CDPKentucky.org.
By Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
Leslie is the director of God Space, a community-building spirituality ministry in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. She’s a Sister of Divine Providence with a Masters in Ministry and a Certificate in Spiritual Direction and Retreats from Creighton University. She directs retreats, meets with people for spiritual direction, and serves as the vocation director for her community. She enjoys music, dancing, and meaningful conversations.
The more that I, and we, live and grow into the fullness of being to which God calls us, the more we belong to God and ourselves. When we belong like that, we’ll find belonging wherever we go.
Happy summer! During this time, we’ll be posting a few past episodes for your listening enjoyment and for the deepening of your prayer life. We hope they speak to your heart and mind and they resonate with what’s happening in your life! And we always like to hear back from you about your thoughts on the readings, so feel free to reach out!
Be sure to sign up for the God Space newsletter at GodSpaceCommunity.com to stay connected. God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky, and we welcome you too! Find us at CDP Kentucky.org.
You can hear Brené Brown's Unlocking Us Podcast Episode Strong Backs, Soft Fronts, and Wild Hearts at https://brenebrown.com/podcast/brene-on-strong-backs-soft-fronts-and-wild-hearts/
There’s a song that I’ve been listening to on repeat, one that just speaks to so much of this, so I’ll share it with you too. It’s a lovely rock ballad by Shinedown called “A Symptom of Being Human.” Hope you love it too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmMOMK5c4EY
At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here.
God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky.
Do you want to learn more about the Sisters of Divine Providence? Check out our website here: www.CDPKentucky.org.
There’s a lot going on in this Gospel, and the quick pace makes it seem like Jesus’s life is an action-packed adventure with lots of people who need help. Are these events just part of a busy day in the life of Jesus? These encounters have much to tell us about the healing ministry of Jesus – for those in the story and for us too.
You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at www.GodSpaceCommunity.com. Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here. God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky. Do you want to learn more about the Sisters of Divine Providence? Check out our website here: www.CDPKentucky.org.by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP Sister Leslie Keener, CDP is a Sister of Divine Providence of Kentucky and the director of God Space, a community-building spirituality ministry in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. She directs retreats, meets with people for spiritual direction, and serves as the vocation director for her community.
Uncertainty, difficulty, and change can make us feel disoriented, topsy-turvy, afraid, and vulnerable, not unlike being in a small boat with waves crashing around it and strong wind blowing. When you’re in a situation like this, how do you find your faith amidst the fear?You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at www.GodSpaceCommunity.com. Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here. God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky. Do you want to learn more about the Sisters of Divine Providence? Check out our website here: www.CDPKentucky.org.by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP Sister Leslie Keener, CDP is a Sister of Divine Providence of Kentucky and the director of God Space, a community-building spirituality ministry in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. She directs retreats, meets with people for spiritual direction, and serves as the vocation director for her community. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leslie-keener-cdp/message
Jesus had a close-knit group of people with whom he shared deeply. What would it be like to be in the inner circle of Jesus? And what does it mean for us today to belong to the In Crowd of the Kingdom of God?
You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at www.GodSpaceCommunity.com.
Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!
At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here. God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky. Do you want to learn more about the Sisters of Divine Providence? Check out our website here: www.CDPKentucky.org.
by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
Sister Leslie Keener, CDP is a Sister of Divine Providence of Kentucky and the director of God Space, a community-building spirituality ministry in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. She directs retreats, meets with people for spiritual direction, and serves as the vocation director for her community.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leslie-keener-cdp/message
There’s a freedom in following God’s will, a loving freedom which we offer to each other that transcends expectations. In fact, God doesn’t have expectations ofus — only invitations.
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At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here. God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky. Do you want to learn more about the Sisters of Divine Providence? Check out our website here: www.CDPKentucky.org.
by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
Sister Leslie Keener, CDP is the director of God Space, a community-building spirituality ministry in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. She’s a Sister of Divine Providence. She directs retreats, meets with people for spiritual direction, and serves as the vocation director for her community. She enjoys music, dancing, meaningful conversations, and this present moment.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leslie-keener-cdp/message
Because of God’s fidelity, we can be faithful too. And in our trying, in all of our little yesses, we grow and get better at saying yes. It’s not because of us but because God is transforming us every day.
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Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!
At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here. God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky. Do you want to learn more about the Sisters of Divine Providence? Check out our website here: www.CDPKentucky.org.
by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
Sister Leslie Keener, CDP is the director of God Space, a community-building spirituality ministry in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. She’s a Sister of Divine Providence. She directs retreats, meets with people for spiritual direction, and serves as the vocation director for her community. She enjoys music, dancing, meaningful conversations, and this present moment.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leslie-keener-cdp/message
On this Providence Sunday, and always, God invites us to trust God’s love and care, to trust it so deeply that we can surrender to it. How can we do this? Because God is with us.
You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at www.GodSpaceCommunity.com.
Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!
At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here. God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky. Do you want to learn more about the Sisters of Divine Providence? Check out our website here: www.CDPKentucky.org.
by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
Sister Leslie Keener, CDP is the director of God Space, a community-building spirituality ministry in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. She’s a Sister of Divine Providence with a Masters in Ministry and a Certificate in Spiritual Direction and Retreats from Creighton University. She directs retreats, meets with people for spiritual direction, and serves as the vocation director for her community. She also serves on the Board of Spiritual Directors International. She enjoys music, dancing, meaningful conversations, and this present moment.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leslie-keener-cdp/message
Spiritual adulting can be hard, but it’s how we grow and learn and change. God loves us as we are but rarely leaves us alone to stay the same. God is always calling us to that edge where we have to risk and leap and trust.
You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at www.GodSpaceCommunity.com.
Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!
At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here. God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky. Do you want to learn more about the Sisters of Divine Providence? Check out our website here: www.CDPKentucky.org.
by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
Sister Leslie Keener, CDP is the director of God Space, a community-building spirituality ministry in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. She’s a Sister of Divine Providence with a Masters in Ministry and a Certificate in Spiritual Direction and Retreats from Creighton University. She directs retreats, meets with people for spiritual direction, and serves as the vocation director for her community. She also serves on the Board of Spiritual Directors International. She enjoys music, dancing, meaningful conversations, and this present moment.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leslie-keener-cdp/message
What if instead of wondering if someone is worthy, we focus on being humble, knowing that we’re not perfect either? What if we live with patience, trusting that we’re all just doing the best we can? What if we were to bear with each other in love instead of judgement? And what if we didn’t even judge our own worthiness? Because why should we? God doesn’t.
You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at www.GodSpaceCommunity.com.
Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!
At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here. God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky. Do you want to learn more about the Sisters of Divine Providence? Check out our website here: www.CDPKentucky.org.
by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
Sister Leslie Keener, CDP is the director of God Space, a community-building spirituality ministry in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. She’s a Sister of Divine Providence with a Masters in Ministry and a Certificate in Spiritual Direction and Retreats from Creighton University. She directs retreats, meets with people for spiritual direction, and serves as the vocation director for her community. She also serves on the Board of Spiritual Directors International. She enjoys music, dancing, meaningful conversations, and this present moment.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leslie-keener-cdp/message
Love is mutual, and the way we experience God’s love is often through human love. In our giving and receiving love, God’s love becomes real to us too.
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At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here. God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky. Do you want to learn more about the Sisters of Divine Providence? Check out our website here: www.CDPKentucky.org.
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We know that Christ remains in us because of the Spirit, and we know the Spirit is with us in the ways it makes itself known. May we trust its presence and look for the Spirit’s work in our lives. May we invite it in, and may we always remain open.
You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at www.GodSpaceCommunity.com.
Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!
At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here. God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky. Do you want to learn more about the Sisters of Divine Providence? Check out our website here: www.CDPKentucky.org.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leslie-keener-cdp/message
I can’t predict the future, but if I respond wholeheartedly to life’s events, both good and challenging, I’ll continue to grow into the person God created me to be. What I shall be has not yet been revealed. I do know that when it is revealed I shall be like Christ.
You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at www.GodSpaceCommunity.com.
Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!
At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here. God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky. Do you want to learn more about the Sisters of Divine Providence? Check out our website here: www.CDPKentucky.org.
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Finding peace in a troubled world is a serious challenge. However, Christ does not want us to be troubled. Christ offers us peace and shows us what we need to receive that peace – God’s loving Providence and each other.
Here are some resources and also links with more info:
The substance Abuse and Mental HealthServices Association Hotline can be found here: https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helplineSAMHSA’s National Helpline, 1-800-662-HELP(4357) (also known as the Treatment Referral Routing Service), or TTY: 1-800-487-4889 is a confidential, free, 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year, information service, inEnglish and Spanish, for individuals and family members facing mental and/or substance use disorders. This service provides referrals to local treatmentfacilities, support groups, and community-based organizations. Also visit the onlinetreatment locator, or send your zip code via text message: 435748 (HELP4U) to find help near you. Read more about the HELP4U text messaging service.
Pandemic of Loneliness: https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/surgeon-general-social-connection-advisory.pdf
Simon Sinek: https://simonsinek.com/stories/the-incredible-power-of-an-eight-minute-catch-up-with-a-friend/
Gospel Reading: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/luke/24?35
You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at www.GodSpaceCommunity.com. Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!
At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here. God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky.
Do you want to learn more about the Sisters of Divine Providence? Check out our website here: www.CDPKentucky.org.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leslie-keener-cdp/message
Community is one of the best parts of our lives but also one of the hardest parts. Why is that? And if relationships are so hard, why do we keep persevering in them?
You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at www.GodSpaceCommunity.com. Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!
At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here. God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky.
Do you want to learn more about the Sisters of Divine Providence? Check out our website here: www.CDPKentucky.org.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leslie-keener-cdp/message
This week we welcome a special guest to reflect on the Easter story with us. She’ll help us to enter in and experience how it resonates with our own lives. May we all experience the presence of Christ this Easter!
You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at www.GodSpaceCommunity.com. Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!
At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here. God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky.
Do you want to learn more about the Sisters of Divine Providence? Check out our website here: www.CDPKentucky.org.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leslie-keener-cdp/message
Palm Sunday shows us the extremes of human experiences as Jesus is celebrated but then betrayed, condemned, and executed. We see how fast things can change – in this Passion story and in our own lives too. However, through all of life’s joys and sorrows, we can trust that God is with us. And when the intensity of it all feels like too much to hold, God holds us.
To hear the Passion Story read aloud, check out last year's Palm Sunday episode: A Parade, a Kiss, a Conviction, and a Cross,
https://www.godspacecommunity.com/providencepodcast/2022/4/6/a-parade-a-kiss-a-conviction-and-a-cross-podcast-episode
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At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here.
God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky. Do you want to learn more about the Sisters of Divine Providence? Check out our website here: www.CDPKentucky.org.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leslie-keener-cdp/message
Having a troubled heart is a human experience. It comes from looking darkness in the face and moving into it despite how hard it is. Jesus might not have known how things would work out, but he knew that he could trust the unknown future to a loving God. And so can we.
Here's a link to "You Can Do This Hard Thing" by Carrie Newcomer. I hope you find it helpful and encouraging too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_Bj5O0NQN8
You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at www.GodSpaceCommunity.com. Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!
At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here.
God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky.
Do you want to learn more about the Sisters of Divine Providence? Check out our website here: www.CDPKentucky.org.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leslie-keener-cdp/message
Brokenness is real, but it is redeemable. As community, we can bring our woundedness together, owning our incompleteness, and drawing near each other. God is present when we come together in our brokenness, God who has chosen to be vulnerable too.
You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at www.GodSpaceCommunity.com. Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!
At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here.
God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky.
Do you want to learn more about the Sisters of Divine Providence? Check out our website here: www.CDPKentucky.org.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leslie-keener-cdp/message
God is present to the reality of who we are, even as God calls us to grow. God is certainly in our midst.
You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at www.GodSpaceCommunity.com. Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!
At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here.
God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky.
Do you want to learn more about the Sisters of Divine Providence? Check out our website here: www.CDPKentucky.org.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leslie-keener-cdp/message
May we journey up to the mountaintop with Jesus and his companions and encounter God too. As Jesus revealed the fullness of who he is, may we reveal the fullness of who we are before God and those closest to us. And may we each hear God proclaim that we are God’s beloved too, because we are.
You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at www.GodSpaceCommunity.com. Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!
At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here.
God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky.
Do you want to learn more about the Sisters of Divine Providence? Check out our website here: www.CDPKentucky.org.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leslie-keener-cdp/message
God is very close with us always, and in those hard times, God is still there, even when it doesn’t feel like it. God is always talking to us, always trying to catch our attention, to reassure us, to let us know that God’s with us, that God loves us.
You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at www.GodSpaceCommunity.com. Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!
At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here.
God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky.
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The more that I, and we, live and grow into the fullness of being to which God calls us, the more we belong to God and ourselves. When we belong like that, we’ll find belonging wherever we go.
You can hear Brené Brown's Unlocking Us Podcast Episode Strong Backs, Soft Fronts, and Wild Hearts at https://brenebrown.com/podcast/brene-on-strong-backs-soft-fronts-and-wild-hearts/
There’s a song that I’ve been listening to on repeat, onethat just speaks to so much of this, so I’ll share it with you too. It’s a lovely rock ballad by Shinedown called “A Symptom of Being Human.” Hope you love it too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmMOMK5c4EY
P.P.S And if you’d like to pray more about this, here’s a lovely prayer service offered by the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. https://www.lcwr.org/files/attachments/02.11.24.pdf You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at www.GodSpaceCommunity.com. Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!
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In these days of burnout, fatigue, and loneliness, how do we resist the temptation to try to be all things to all people? How do we trust that we’re enough because God made us to be enough?
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God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky.
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I don’t know about you, but I can’t remember the last time I was astonished by something Christ said or did – in Scripture or in my life. But I want to feel amazed again! How do I open myself to astonishment, awe, wonder?
For Reflection:
- When was the last time you were astonished by Christ – by a story about Jesus or by a spiritual experience in your own life, or by something else?
- When was the last time you felt awe or wonder — at nature, at the presence of God in a person, a child, a loved one? What was that like, and what was God like in that experience?
- Maybe you could take a little time to linger with God to talk through all this and simply rest in God, who loves you just as you are.
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The Kingdom of God is at hand now, in this moment. All around us there are people with illnesses and struggles, people who are burdened by despair and anxiety. We have work to do; there’s still good news to be proclaimed.
For reflection:
- As you reflect on these readings, do you recognize a call, and invitation, a mission? What is it?
- Jesus called disciples to be with him in mission. Who is with you in yours? And how is God with you?
- When you recognize a call from God, how do you respond? What makes you want to run from it? What helps you to move toward it, to follow God’s invitation for you?
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In your heart of hearts, what do you desire? What do you want? Figure out what you desire in the depths of your heart, and you know God’s call.
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Like the Magi, we have each other as travel companions. Community at its best stands together beneath the night sky, gazing at signs from God, and following where they lead. Where shall we go? Let’s discern together.
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The invitation of this feast of the Holy Family is to celebrate the family of Jesus as well as our own families — our biological and/or chosen ones. We also lift up the wide family of God, the human family of which we’re all a part. Maybe we didn’t choose each other, but we belong to each other anyway.
Merry Christmas from all of us at God Space!
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In our Gospel, the shepherds hasten to the manger to behold the Christ child. It’s a beautiful, idyllic scene. However, we can learn a lot if we reflect on this scene more deeply, making real the image we often see on Christmas cards. How did those shepherds respond to the invitation to go and see the Christ, and how are we called to respond this Christmas as well?
by Sister Fidelis Tracy, CDP
Merry Christmas from all of us at God Space!
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May we pray to have what Mary did that enabled to say yes to God, her audacity and courage and trust. May we, too, stay open to what God asks of us and risk when we’re called. And may we step into that life full of grace.
Merry Christmas from all of us at God Space!
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God extends joy to us in abundance, just as God continues to call us and call us and call us to service and justice, healing and consoling. God calls us to do our little piece to bring about peace, and as we serve God and each other, we’ll find our joy.
By Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
(By the way, we have a whole Advent playlist on Spotify. It has these songs, some transitional Advent songs, and some others too. Check it out here.) https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0NQCsnGqrhaMnvPth3N5IJ?si=92838750294c48c0
You can find all of the Scripture readings from the lectionary here: https://bible.usccb.org/readings/calendar.
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There are lots of us grown-ups running around caretaking, serving, tending to the needs of other people and not experiencing much comfort ourselves. And yet, it’s a human need. How do we receive a little tenderness for ourselves every now and then?
By Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
Here are a few lullabies, and I hope they help you toexperience the tender love and comfort of God.
Lullaby for a Stormy Night by Vienna Teng https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZd2kgLZtfA
Night Vision by Suzanne Vega https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsso9MAHYoc
My Little One by Beautiful Chorus (and this is from a wholealum of lullabies) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzwD409XalM
Darling by Beautiful Chorus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWKQ6LRncw0
Within Our Darkest Night (a kind of Taizé lullaby) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqQsZK57OX8
This Is to Mother You by the late, great Sinéad O’Connor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOb7d7q0inM
(And by the way, we have a whole Advent playlist on Spotify.It has these songs, some transitional Advent songs, and some others too. Check it out here.) https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0NQCsnGqrhaMnvPth3N5IJ?si=92838750294c48c0You can find all of the Scripture readings from the lectionary here: https://bible.usccb.org/readings/calendar.
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Are gratitude and desire opposed to each other? Or, do they work together to keep us in balance, to keep us present, to help us to dream and to work to make this world better?
By Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
You can find all of the Scripture readings from the lectionary here: https://bible.usccb.org/readings/calendar.
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It seems that Christ the King is not your average king, and he may even be a better shepherd than he is a king. He’s near to all in need and tells us to move toward them as well. In fact, he tells us that we will find him when we move to the margins and encounter vulnerable people. We may even meet Christ when we ourselves feel vulnerable.
By Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
You can find all of the Scripture readings from the lectionary here: https://bible.usccb.org/readings/calendar.
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God is everywhere that we are. God is wherever we’ve been. God is wherever we’re going. We might distinguish light and darkness, but God is just always fully present with us, showing us how to navigate the darkness and the light.
By Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
You can find all of the Scripture readings from the lectionary here: https://bible.usccb.org/readings/calendar.
Find Barbara Brown Taylor's book Learning to Walk in the Dark wherever you get your books. Find a little more info here: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/18085419
Listen to "Night Vision" by Suzanne Vega here: https://open.spotify.com/track/1DZHq1mu4Q8uWT33ORE7Sf?si=2f3a59008b4a4aa2
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We each need to be attentive and responsible, open to God, and true to ourselves. If we discern well, we’ll know whether life circumstances call for generosity or for setting a boundary. So, be wise, everyone. Strengthen your back and soften your heart and be attentive to the presence of God.
By Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
You can find all of the Scripture readings from the lectionary here: https://bible.usccb.org/readings/calendar.
Find Brené Brown's episode "Brené Brown on Strong Backs, Soft Fronts, and Wild Hearts" on her Unlocking Us Podcast here: https://brenebrown.com/podcast/brene-on-strong-backs-soft-fronts-and-wild-hearts/
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As people of faith, we know we’re not alone; we belong to a wide and beautiful community, a communion of holy people. We know, but we have to keep remembering. We have to remind each other, and maybe that’s what true service and leadership looks like.
By Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
You can find all of the Scripture readings from the lectionary here: https://bible.usccb.org/readings/calendar.
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It’s not easy, but the essence of God’s call is simple: imitate Christ by loving God and caring for our neighbors with our whole hearts, minds, and souls because we are one with each other.
By Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
You can find all of the Scripture readings from the lectionary here: https://bible.usccb.org/readings/calendar.
You can find the NPR All Things Considered story here: https://www.npr.org/2023/10/13/1205855983/a-rabbi-and-imam-on-how-theyre-counseling-their-communities
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Do you feel like you could use a little more hope these days? Who doesn’t? And who doesn’t want to find ways to build endurance and maybe even maintain a sense of hope when things get hard? Well, there are no easy answers or practices, but there are some things we can do to raise our endurance and also our hope.
By Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
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At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here. God Space is an outreach ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky, an international community of Catholic sisters with a mission to be witnesses of God's Providence. We place our trust in God as we care for God's people. Connect with the sisters at CDPKentucky.org.
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What would it be like to unveil ourselves, to free ourselves from assumptions and suspicions so that we see and love each other as we are? What would it be like to lay down our defenses and create a safe space for everyone?
By Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
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At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here. God Space is an outreach ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky, an international community of Catholic sisters with a mission to be witnesses of God's Providence. We place our trust in God as we care for God's people. Connect with the sisters at CDPKentucky.org.
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God doesn’t ask us to deny our heartbreaks, but God does want to protect us from the further harm that comes from ruminating on negativity. Life brings hard things, but it also offers things which are true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, gracious, excellent, and worthy of praise. What if we spend some of our prayer reflecting on the good in our lives and some of it sharing the difficult things with God? “Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard [our] hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.”
By Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
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At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here. God Space is an outreach ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky, an international community of Catholic sisters with a mission to be witnesses of God's Providence. We place our trust in God as we care for God's people. Connect with the sisters at CDPKentucky.org.
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God calls each of us to authenticity, to discernment, to aligning our words and actions. It’s challenging to live this way, but God is with us, guiding and caring for us no matter what we say or do -- yes, no, or even maybe.
By Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
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At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here. God Space is an outreach ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky, an international community of Catholic sisters with a mission to be witnesses of God's Providence. We place our trust in God as we care for God's people. Connect with the sisters at CDPKentucky.org.
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God is somewhere within me and you, but God is still God. The fullness of God is more than just me, vastly more. I need to be reminded that God is great Mystery, the omniscient Creator of the universe, that gentle but powerful Presence that cares for me and for all people and creation beyond what we can even imagine.
By Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
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Anger is not a bad thing, but wrath -- that can cause some harm. Which kind of anger am I embracing, nourishing, and putting out to the universe? Only when I can name anger and identify its flavor can I know how God is calling me to respond with action, mercy, healing, or forgiveness.
By Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
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When I see care and compassion expressed in my communities, I see how community is not about perfection but about love. I am incomplete on my own; I need to be in relationship. Even though communities are imperfect, God is present in them.
By Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
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At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here. God Space is an outreach ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky, an international community of Catholic sisters with a mission to be witnesses of God's Providence. We place our trust in God as we care for God's people. Connect with the sisters at CDPKentucky.org.
God’s call is not to conform ourselves to everything happening around us but to allow the vision of God’s kingdom of justice, peace, and love to give us hope. God’s will is for us to work to make this vision a lived reality that’s good and pleasing and perfect for everyone.
By Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
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At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here. God Space is an outreach ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky, an international community of Catholic sisters with a mission to be witnesses of God's Providence. We place our trust in God as we care for God's people. Connect with the sisters at CDPKentucky.org.
Welcome to the Providence Podcast, where we reflect on Scripture and see how it relates to our lives and our faith, and we try to keep it real. We talk about life as it is and see how and where we find God. So, I hope you come along with us and see what God has to say to you.
The Providence podcast is brought to you by God Space, a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky. At God Space we build community and explore spirituality. We meet in small groups, get together for prayer and social events, and also do community service. And we meet online and in person! If you'd like to learn more about how to get connected with God space, and I hope you do, visit godspacecommunity.com and find us social media.
The Providence Podcast will begin our third season very soon, so get excited and stay tuned!
The beloved community is worth working for. In the spirit of Pentecost, as we celebrate the breath of the Spirit moving over people and drawing them together, God is calling us too.
By Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
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At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here. God Space is an outreach ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky, an international community of Catholic sisters with a mission to be witnesses of God's Providence. We place our trust in God as we care for God's people. Connect with the sisters at CDPKentucky.org.
As grown-up disciples in the faith, we also must step up and step out to do the work of love and service that Jesus started. We have a whole lot of proclaiming to do. How is God calling us to serve now? How must we respond to this call?
By Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
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At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here. God Space is an outreach ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky, an international community of Catholic sisters with a mission to be witnesses of God's Providence. We place our trust in God as we care for God's people. Connect with the sisters at CDPKentucky.org.
God is the source of my hope, and God shows me how to make a practice of hope. That’s not the same as trying to manufacture hope within myself; it’s more like seeking out the hope that God has already infused within me.
By Sister Leslie Keener, CDPTo find Brené Brown's book Atlas of the Heart, visit here: https://brenebrown.com/book/atlas-of-the-heart/You can find all of the Scripture readings from the lectionary here: https://bible.usccb.org/readings/calendarYou can find the references to the Catechism of the Catholic Church here: https://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s1c1a7.htmYou can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at GodSpaceCommunity.com.Subscribe to the Providence Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts or at godspacecommunity.com/providencepodcast.At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here. God Space is an outreach ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky, an international community of Catholic sisters with a mission to be witnesses of God's Providence. We place our trust in God as we care for God's people. Connect with the sisters at CDPKentucky.org.
Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2nd ed., 1824-1818, accessed May 14, 2020, https://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s1c1a7.htm
Amy's Table. Cincinnati, OH: WKRQ-FM, n.d. https://www.wkrq.com/shows/amys-table/
Brown, Brené. Atlas of the heart. New York, New York: Penguin Random House, 2021.
In God, there are many dwelling places. We dwell there together, and together we belong. Thanks be to God.
To listen to Brené Brown reflect on belonging, you can listen here: https://brenebrown.com/podcast/brene-on-strong-backs-soft-fronts-and-wild-hearts/ You can read more in her book Braving the Wilderness.
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There are no spiritual life hacks into the Kingdom of God. It's something we work to build bit by bit, something that emerges from within us as we keep growing in the spiritual life. God loves us as we are and invites us to be more. In God’s invitation, there will likely be a little bit of challenge, and that’s okay. Challenge is how we grow. Someday we’ll look back and see how far we’ve come.
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Were not our hearts burning within us? Yes, our hearts are burning. They might be big and blaze-y or softly glowing or sputtering with reluctant sparks, but God is with us. We seek God even as God seeks us, walking along the road we travel every single day.
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I’ve heard people say that questioning is okay but doubting is wrong, but I think questioning is okay and doubting is okay too. God doesn’t seem to mind when we doubt. In fact, doubt can be an opening for God to come closer and show us God’s love and care; it can be a means to transformation.
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Darkness and light are neither good nor bad; they’re both parts of the whole. We can’t consider suffering apart from resurrection, and we can only enter into resurrection joy while bearing the experience of suffering. Are you unaware that we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death and resurrection? Christ is with us in darkness and light.
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Palm Sunday shows us the extremes of human experiences as Jesus is celebrated but then betrayed, condemned, and executed. We see how fast things can change – in this Passion story and in our own lives too. However, through all of life’s joys and sorrows, we can trust that God is with us. And when the intensity of it all feels like too much to hold, God holds us.
To hear the Passion Story read aloud, check out last year's Palm Sunday episode: AParade, a Kiss, a Conviction, and a Cross,
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Why is important to hold a space for our grief, sorrow, and pain — especially if we’d rather look away or just go about our lives as if those emotions weren’t there? Because, despite their difficulty, our struggles give God a chance to show us God’s love and to show us that we have cause to hope. And we do have cause to hope. Maybe hope is what God’s glory feels like.
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We’re called to see as God does, to look beyond appearances into the heart of things, including our own hearts. As we go within, we recognize God working in our lives, and we discern how to respond to God with our whole hearts.
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When we are present to reality instead of resisting, we catch a glimpse of who God is, and we can see God present in our midst.
We're hosting a Decision-Making Workshop in March, and you can sign up here: https://tinyurl.com/DecisionWorkshop And if you're not local to the Cincinnati area but want to participate in an online version, stay tuned . . .
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By Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
Before going forth translates to a step forward, it’s an opening of the heart. It’s an energetic movement, one that opens us to others in love and relationship, one that calls us beyond what’s comfortable to risk something new.
We're hosting a Decision-Making Workshop in March, and you can sign up here: https://tinyurl.com/DecisionWorkshop And if you're not local to the Cincinnati area but want to participate in an online version, stay tuned . . .
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By Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
Humans are made to care for the earth and we are made from the earth. Hear more about the creation story in Genesis and our call to care for the earth in this beautiful reflection by Sister Fidelis Tracy, CDP.
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By Sister Fidelis Tracy, CDP
Love and holiness move us beyond civility to something deeper, and that’s a good thing, even if it brings with it a healthy dose of discomfort from time to time. The love that the Gospel calls us to is a holy, gritty kind of love that encompasses neighbors and enemies, as well as ourselves.
We're hosting a Decision-Making Workshop in March, and you can sign up here: https://tinyurl.com/DecisionWorkshop And if you're not local to the Cincinnati area but want to participate in an online version, stay tuned . . .
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By Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
God calls us to choose wisely, and we can trust that God will help us to decide and will love us through whatever we choose.
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By Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
God’s call to be bright and salty is not just about our personal growth; in our shining and sharing, can we also be open to the light in other people? God is calling us to shine and to lift up others’ light too. There’s plenty of room on the lampstand for all of us.
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By Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
We’re blessed when we continue to build this Kingdom, when we work for this vision that Christ has inspired us to see. That’s our wisdom, and that’s our strength, and that’s our blessing. Blessed are we who are weak and foolish, we who believe the Kingdom of God is possible.
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By Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
When we listen to each other and honor the Spirit speaking within each person, we may not agree, but we will come to understand each other. When we understand each other, we remember our common purpose, which is to share the Gospel. Our diversity is beautiful — and a gift. Our call is to love, and in our love we’ll find our unity.
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By Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
What does God want from you? Service? Obedience? Or, is it something more, something more relational, more intimate?
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By Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
Like the Magi, we have each other as travel companions. Community at its best stands together beneath the night sky, gazing at signs from God, and following where they lead. Where shall we go? Let’s discern together.
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By Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
On this day, which is so often a time of making resolutions, there’s an invitation to consider God’s call for us too — because Mary of Nazareth is not the last person God invited to do a thing, and God is calling forth a courageous yes in us too. God has continued to call people to bring about God’s kingdom, which upends corrupt power and uplifts the vulnerable, and God is calling us to this great work too. What will your yes be?
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Happy New Year!
In our Gospel, the shepherds hasten to the manger to behold the Christ child. It’s a beautiful, idyllic scene. However, we can learn a lot if we reflect on this scene more deeply, making real the image we often see on Christmas cards. How did those shepherds respond to the invitation to go and see the Christ, and how are we called to respond this Christmas as well?
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Merry Christmas!
By Sister Fidelis Tracy, CDP
Sr. Fidelis Tracy is a Sister of Divine Providence. She has also served as a high school teacher, a vocation director, a retreat preacher, and Professor of Theology at Thomas More University. She currently offers written and spoken reflections (like this one!) and spiritual programs as well. She likes comic strips in the newspaper because they speak more truth than the other parts. She enjoys reading, counted cross stitch, and music. Someday she will be published in a scholarly journal. She is one sassy sister!
The birth of the vulnerable, needy Christ child is a profound, important sign that God has given humanity. God became finite and shows us infinite love; God became needy and shows us God’s Providence; God became poor and shows us abundance.
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Let’s rejoice because the reign of God is near and here, among us and within us and yet to come. Let’s allow ourselves to be moved by the beauty of the earth and to rejoice with it.
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If you were to envision a world in which your deepest desires (for yourself, your community and family, humankind, and creation) were manifested, what would it look like? What do your longings tell you about yourself? What do they tell you about God and God’s call for you?
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Come on, everybody! Let’s act right and wake up! God is inviting you and me into this holy, still, gentle, waiting season of Advent. Let’s open ourselves, seeking God in all things because God wants to be found.
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Christ is not invisible. Christ is not high and mighty. Christ is all around us, in each person we meet, and within our very selves. So, let’s allow Christ the vulnerable king to walk closely with us, and when Christ invites each of us into his kingdom, I hope we say yes.
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I find hope in the fact that hard times will come to an end. Nothing is permanent. I wish all the good things would last forever, but one positive aspect of change is that it also brings hard things to a close. God is very deeply with us even as we move through the worst kind of suffering, and resurrection comes and brings hope too.
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Anyone who’s truly living their vocation, religious, single, and married people, know both love and endurance. And there’s something about sisters who tend to move toward service. In big and little ways, we keep on keeping on. We align ourselves with discomfort and lean into uncertainty and sometimes even run toward danger. In all that we run to and embrace, endure and uplift, we do it for love of people and love of God.
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At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here. God Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky.
For reflection:
- How have endurance and love been a part of your life and faith?
- Have you ever felt that God was calling you to do something difficult or uncomfortable? How did you discern that call? How did you respond? How was God with you?
- Who do you look to as a model of faith? What about them inspires you?
- Do you have a sense of God’s call for you? Have you ever thought about religious life? If so, we're here to help! Email Sister Leslie at vocation@CDPKentucky.org and let's just talk.
- What do you need from God to persevere in life and faith? Maybe take a few moments to talk with God about this or about whatever’s in your heart or on your mind.
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This reading from the Book of Wisdom can take us pretty deep into the mystery of God and the paradox of God — that God is both infinite and intimate. God holds the universe and all things in it; the magnitude of God is unimaginable. And yet, God is within each one of us and knows us personally. God is the Creator of all, and God is knit deeply within each one of us.
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by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
Sister Leslie is the director of God Space, a community-building spirituality ministry in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. She’s a Sister of Divine Providence with a Masters in Ministry and a Certificate in Spiritual Direction and Retreats from Creighton University. She directs retreats, meets with people for spiritual direction, and serves as the vocation director for her community.
God wants us as we are. No bravado, no chest beating and discarding our own worth. God receives us – all that we are, our past, our present, our brokenness and giftedness — the whole of each of us. God loves us however we show up. And God always shows up for us.
For reflection:
- On a scale of Pharisee to Tax Collector, where do you fall right now? What makes you think so? What do you need from God in this space?
- What kind of prayer works best for you?
- Is there something in your life that God is inviting you to reflect on right now, maybe something that you don’t want to look at or haven’t really explored? Let’s just take a few moments to talk with God, and listen to what God might want to say. Or, if you feel called, just sit with God in silence.
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by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
Sister Leslie is the director of God Space, a community-building spirituality ministry in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. She’s a Sister of Divine Providence with a Masters in Ministry and a Certificate in Spiritual Direction and Retreats from Creighton University. She directs retreats, meets with people for spiritual direction, and serves as the vocation director for her community.
What an image of leadership – Moses so visibly present on the hill with his hands raised and two of his community members on either side offering support. It seems like a lot of us could benefit from this kind of leadership, especially during these times of transition. We’re no longer what we have been, but we don’t know what we’re becoming. How will we get through this? How are our leaders leading, and how do we support each other as community? And where is God in all this?
For reflection:
- Have you ever experienced a liminal space, neither where you have been nor where you’re going? How did you get through this time?
- What are some of the challenges of a liminal season? What feelings stir up within you?
- What are some of the gifts of this time?
- What do you need from your leaders?
- If you yourself have a leadership role, what support do you need?
- Spend a few minutes talking with God about all of this.
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Here's the book I refer to, and I hope you check it out:
Beaumont, Susan. How to Lead When You Don't Know Where You're Going: Leading in a Liminal Season. Rowman & Littlefield, 2019.
by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
Sister Leslie is the director of God Space, a community-building spirituality ministry in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. She’s a Sister of Divine Providence with a Masters in Ministry and a Certificate in Spiritual Direction and Retreats from Creighton University. She directs retreats, meets with people for spiritual direction, and serves as the vocation director for her community.
The more that I, and we, live and grow into the fullness of being to which God calls us, the more we belong to God and ourselves. When we belong like that, we’ll find belonging wherever we go.
For reflection:
- Have you ever felt like you don’t belong? What brought about that feeling, and how did you deal with it?
- When you have that feeling, where is God?
- Do you feel like you are living fully as God has created you to be? If not, how can you be more open to allowing God to bring you into the fullness of being for which God has created you?
- And who are the people around you that seem excluded? Is there a call or an invitation to align with them, to make a space for them, to include them in a circle of belonging?
- As you reflect on belonging, what is stirring in you? Maybe just take a few moments to talk with God about your thoughts and feelings.
Some references from the podcast:
Scripture reading: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/luke/17?11
Unlocking Us episode"Strong Backs, Soft Fronts, and Wild Hearts": https://brenebrown.com/podcast/brene-on-strong-backs-soft-fronts-and-wild-hearts/ Unlocking Us episode "Strong Backs, Soft Fronts, and Wild Hearts": https://brenebrown.com/podcast/brene-on-strong-backs-soft-fronts-and-wild-hearts/
Brené Brown's book Braving the Wilderness
The Sisters of Divine Providence prayer "Act of Abandonment to Divine Providence"
by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
Sister Leslie Keener, CDP is the director of God Space, a community-building spirituality ministry in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. She’s a Sister of Divine Providence with a Masters in Ministry and a Certificate in Spiritual Direction and Retreats from Creighton University. She directs retreats, meets with people for spiritual direction, and serves as the vocation director for her community.
Even if we aren’t feeling it and we sort of quiet quit for a minute, God never quiet quits on us — or quiet fire us either. The Holy Spirit will stir things up. It will fuel and fan our fires. Stirring into flame is what the Spirit does.
For Reflection:
- How are you doing right now, spiritually speaking?
- Have you ever experienced spiritual burnout or dullness or smoldering? Did anything in particular bring it on?
- How do you stir up your spiritual life? What helps you to rekindle your faith?
- How has God helped you to move through spiritual burnout?
- What do you need from God right now?
You can read the reflection here, and you can sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at www.GodSpaceCommunity.com. At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here.
by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
Sister Leslie Keener, CDP is the director of God Space, a community-building spirituality ministry in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. She’s a Sister of Divine Providence with a Masters in Ministry and a Certificate in Spiritual Direction and Retreats from Creighton University. She directs retreats, meets with people for spiritual direction, and serves as the vocation director for her community.
Prophets comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable, and maybe that's what our prophets are doing -- afflicting us until we shift our expectations and attitudes. Attitude shifts are often uncomfortable for me, but that’s okay. A little discomfort never hurt me and, in fact, sometimes it helps me to grow.
For Reflection:
- What about you? How do you respond to these readings?
- How do you respond to feeling uncomfortable? What are your expectations around feeling comfortable?
- Have you ever had experiences with economically poor people? Or, have you had experiences of being poor yourself? What was that like?
- For what are you most grateful? Let’s spend some time reflecting on what’s good in life right now, and maybe we could even share that with God.
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At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here.
by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
Sister Leslie Keener, CDP is the director of God Space, a community-building spirituality ministry in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. She’s a Sister of Divine Providence with a Masters in Ministry and a Certificate in Spiritual Direction and Retreats from Creighton University. She directs retreats, meets with people for spiritual direction, and serves as the vocation director for her community.
Trust is a risk we take. It can lead to heartbreak, sure, but it also brings about deeper intimacy and connection. When we risk a little vulnerability, we see that someone is trustworthy, and so we can risk again. Eventually, each little moment can add up to a deeper relationship and an abiding trust with other people and with God.
Learn more about Brené Brown's Anatomy of Trust here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGpm7efVJcA
For reflection:
- What have your experiences of trusting been like? Positive? Hurtful?
- What have you learned about trust in your relationships with people?
- What have you learned about trust in your relationship with God?
- Do you want to trust more deeply?
- Maybe we could take a little time and talk to God about trust and pray for what we need.
- Maybe we could take a little time to hold in our prayer all those who are in need of peace and safety. How is God calling you to make this world a little safer for people and creation?
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by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
Sister Leslie Keener, CDP is the director of God Space, a community-building spirituality ministry in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. She’s a Sister of Divine Providence with a Masters in Ministry and a Certificate in Spiritual Direction and Retreats from Creighton University. She directs retreats, meets with people for spiritual direction, and serves as the vocation director for her community.
Does prayer make you more compassionate, thoughtful, understanding of other people? Does it help you to remember God’s love in the past and to experience it in the present? It does that for me. When I truly open myself, prayer reminds me of how often God has come to find me when I’ve wandered off. It reminds me of God’s grace and mercy, unasked for but abundantly given, and it makes me extend grace to others a little more freely too.
For reflection:
- How have you experienced prayer in your own life?
- Have you ever felt lost and found? Have you ever experienced grace and mercy that you didn’t ask for? What was that like? What is God like?
- What would you like to pray for right now? Maybe you could just take a little bit of time in prayer right now.
Here are the Scripture readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091122.cfm
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by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
Sister Leslie Keener, CDP is the director of God Space, a community-building spirituality ministry in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. She’s a Sister of Divine Providence with a Masters in Ministry and a Certificate in Spiritual Direction and Retreats from Creighton University. She directs retreats, meets with people for spiritual direction, and serves as the vocation director for her community.
Listen as Sister Fidelis Tracy, CDP reflects on Trinity as community, community that’s open to all. She keeps it real as she shares about her experiences of community, and she’ll help us to reflect on our own spirituality and relationships as well.
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Sr. Fidelis Tracy is a Sister of Divine Providence. She has also served as a high school teacher, a vocation director, a retreat preacher, and Professor of Theology at Thomas More University. She currently offers written and spoken reflections (like this one!) and spiritual programs as well. She likes comic strips in the newspaper because they speak more truth than the other parts. She enjoys reading, counted cross stitch, and music. Someday she will be published in a scholarly journal. She is one sassy sister!
The Holy Spirit is what brings together the most unlikely people and unites us as community, even through our many differences, and helps us to hold that paradox of oneness and diversity. The Spirit doesn’t ask us to conform so we’re all alike, but it does help us to communicate through the different languages we may speak.
For reflection
- What stirs in you as you reflect on Pentecost?
- Do you pray to the Holy Spirit? What is the Spirit like in your life and prayer?
- Is the Spirit nudging you toward anything now? Maybe take a moment to pray to the Spirit for guidance, courage, or whatever you may need?
Find more content and connect with community at www.GodSpaceCommunity.com. You can sign up for our newsletter on the homepage, and you'll receive weekly reflections, news about events, and other spiritual tidbits. At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here.
by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
Sister Leslie Keener, CDP is the director of God Space, a community-building spirituality ministry in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. She’s a Sister of Divine Providence with a Masters in Ministry and a Certificate in Spiritual Direction and Retreats from Creighton University. She directs retreats, meets with people for spiritual direction, and serves as the vocation director for her community. She also serves on the Coordinating Council of Spiritual Directors International. She enjoys music, meaningful conversations, and dancing.
Here are the Scripture readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/060522-day.cfm
Here's the quote from Carlos A. Rodríguez: https://twitter.com/carloshappynpo/status/1264190097022488577?lang=en
The Feast of the Ascension shows us is that the revelation of Christ in the world, even amidst all of this sorrow, is up to us. The presence of Christ crucified and risen is within each one of us. That’s where God is in all of this. Not waving good bye from above, but generating hope from within us -- hope that we proclaim.
For reflection
· Have you ever held both joy and suffering at the same time? What was that like?
· How do you find hope in God’s call?
· How do you witness both joy and suffering?
· How is God calling you to respond to what’s happening in the world and in your own life right now?
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by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
Sister Leslie Keener, CDP is the director of God Space, a community-building spirituality ministry in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. She’s a Sister of Divine Providence with a Masters in Ministry and a Certificate in Spiritual Direction and Retreats from Creighton University. She directs retreats, meets with people for spiritual direction, and serves as the vocation director for her community. She also serves on the Coordinating Council of Spiritual Directors International. She enjoys music, meaningful conversations, and dancing.
Here are the Scripture readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/052922-ascension.cfm
You can find out more about Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown here: https://brenebrown.com/book/atlas-of-the-heart/
You can listen to the podcast on loss that's referenced here: https://www.npr.org/2022/05/20/1100399174/comprehending-loss
Here's an organization that works to stop gun violence: https://momsdemandaction.org/. Here's how to get in touch with your Representatives: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative, and here's how to get in touch with your Senators: https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm
I’m working to not let my heart be troubled or afraid, but even if that’s my default, I don’t have to maintain that setting today. I can modify it. And God is always at work in me, rewriting the code that I can’t even decipher and changing my settings from troubled to peace.
For Reflection:
- What are your default settings? Anxiety, negativity, sadness, despondency – or positivity, idealism, pessimism, optimism, realism?
- What does a troubled heart feel like for you?
- What helps you to not let your heart be troubled or afraid?
- How do you open yourself to the peace that Christ offers you? What is Christ’s peace like for you?
by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP Sister Leslie Keener, CDP is the director of God Space, a community-building spirituality ministry in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. She’s a Sister of Divine Providence with a Masters in Ministry and a Certificate in Spiritual Direction and Retreats from Creighton University. She directs retreats, meets with people for spiritual direction, and serves as the vocation director for her community. She also serves on the Coordinating Council of Spiritual Directors International. She enjoys music, meaningful conversations, and dancing.
Read the reflections and sign up to receive our weekly email at www.GodSpaceCommunity.com.
God doesn’t just choose to be with us from afar, but intimately with each of us at every moment, with every breath, with every blink of the eye. With every joy and sadness, God is there.
by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP Sister Leslie Keener, CDP is the director of God Space, a community-building spirituality ministry in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. She’s a Sister of Divine Providence with a Masters in Ministry and a Certificate in Spiritual Direction and Retreats from Creighton University. She directs retreats, meets with people for spiritual direction, and serves as the vocation director for her community. She also serves on the Coordinating Council of Spiritual Directors International. She enjoys music, meaningful conversations, and dancing. Read the reflections and sign up to receive our weekly email at www.GodSpaceCommunity.com.
Jesus says, “My sheep hear my voice; I know them and they follow me.” Have you ever heard Christ speak to you – maybe to console you, to get your attention, to call you to something? How do you know that it’s Christ’s voice speaking to you?
Reflection questions:
- So, again, have you ever heard the voice of Christ speak to you? What does Christ sound like?
- What brings you peace, joy, love, and an increase of thoughts about faith, hope, and love?
- What stirs up feelings of anxiety, worry, and sadness? What turns your thoughts to confusion? What decreases thoughts of faith, hope, and love?
- Do you trust that God is holding you, that God loves you whether you listen to God or not? What helps you to trust? What makes it hard to trust?
by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
Sister Leslie Keener, CDP is the director of God Space, a community-building spirituality ministry in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. She’s a Sister of Divine Providence with a Masters in Ministry and a Certificate in Spiritual Direction and Retreats from Creighton University. She directs retreats, meets with people for spiritual direction, and serves as the vocation director for her community. She also serves on the Coordinating Council of Spiritual Directors International. She enjoys music, meaningful conversations, and dancing.
Read the reflections and sign up to receive our weekly email at www.GodSpaceCommunity.com.
Listen to a guided Examen Prayer here: https://www.godspacecommunity.com/letuspray-1
Understanding mission as a project feels helpful, at least to me. Being assigned a project is far less daunting than being sent on a mission. Mission inspires me, but it also overwhelms me. A project is doable, one step at a time.
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Have you ever had an experience that touched your heart and changed your life? Well, here's one. The Providence Project is a summer service program in Mosses, Alabama. Young adult volunteers live together in community with Sisters of Divine Providence and work with children in an educational summer camp. We’ll build in time for community, prayer, and, of course, fun! We’ll also visit some of the historical sites in Selma and Montgomery, Alabama to learn more about the civil rights movement and racial justice in our own time.
This podcast features a conversation about what the Providence Project entails and what to expect. To watch the video and see the pictures we're talking about, you can go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fdw7NzGMSk
For more info, you can email Sister Leslie at vocation@cdpkentucky.org or visit here: https://www.godspacecommunity.com/providenceproject
Apply here: https://tinyurl.com/ProvidenceProject
The dates for summer camp are June 5—June 17 or July 3—July 15, 2022 — volunteers can pick which dates work best for them. We welcome volunteers of all genders (even though the podcast specifies women.)
Do something fun and meaningful this summer -- meet cool people, do some good, and nurture your spirit.
Blessed Good Friday. This Way of the Cross prayer is a kind of pilgrimage, a way of connecting the suffering of Jesus with the suffering brought about by injustice in our day.
If you’re joining the pilgrimage in person in downtown Cincinnati, you can use this podcast to pray as you go. You’ll need the written program as a guide along the way to know which stop along the Cincinnati Bell Connector to use.
If you’re not local or not free to come and pray at the time of the prayer, that’s fine too. You can use the podcast to pray along and move through the pilgrimage wherever you are. You can follow along with a written program here or you’re welcome to just listen.
We appreciate your support, and if you’d like to support the Way of the Cross for Justice financially, you can send a text message and receive a text back with the donation link. Just text “cross” to 844-403-2211 to receive a link to our donation page. Thank you in advance for your support.
If you’d like to connect with this event and support it in the future or help to plan it, you can contact Sister Leslie at Godspace@godspacecommuity.com or Allison Reynolds-Berry at allison@ijpccincinnati.org and we can talk more about how you’d like to connect.
Thank you to our partners:
Bellarmine Chapel, Christ Church Cathedral, Clifton United Methodist Church, Congregation of Divine Providence, God Space Community, Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center (IJPC), and Renting Partnerships.
Palm Sunday and Holy Week may offer us an opportunity to be with our own suffering and joy, hurt and healing, betrayal and forgiveness, loneliness and connection. As we move through these sacred days, we may see how, as we enter into the Passion of Jesus, Christ has entered into our own passion too, this life we’re living, day by day and year by year.
For Reflection:
What parts of the Passion story touch you the most? What is it about these parts that resonates with your life? What is God saying to you through the connections you make with this story and your own story?
Have you ever been betrayed or hurt very deeply? Were you able to heal? How? And where was God in that experience?
What do you most hope for at this time? Where do you need new life to enter into your life?
Read the written reflection and discover so much more at www.GodSpaceCommunity.com!
As we bear the crosses in our own lives, we may have to dig down deep to find hope, but resurrection is on its way. God makes all things new.
For God, no one is insignificant and everyone is worth finding. No one is beyond reach; no one is irredeemable. The so-called sinners that Jesus hangs out with, well, they’re not so bad either. Maybe they’re just a little lost.
Brokenness is real, but it is redeemable. As community, we can bring our woundednesstogether, owning our incompleteness, and drawing near each other. God is present when we come together in our brokenness, God who has chosen to be vulnerable too.
We stay open to what comes, enjoying the heights, living into the depths, and being present to where God is moment by moment, even when the ground is just . . . level.
The call I hear is to try and recognize what leads me: is it the Spirit of God or something else? If it’s the Spirit, then I am on the way toward God and toward good. If what is leading me is not of God, then I can always change directions.
We each have the ability to produce good fruit, to act out of the goodness – the God-ness – inside of us. But we also have it in us to act out of what’s not of God. My decision to do good, to move in the direction of the Spirit, (or not) reflects on who I am as a person.
We are lavishly loved and blessed. What we put out into the world may have a cause and effect dynamic, or it may not. However, the more good we do, the more we become people who do good, and the more we become magnanimous, like God is.
God calls us to keep moving toward trust in God and relationship with God. Sometimes we do that when we notice our blessings, and sometimes we even grow stronger roots during the hard times. Maybe growth in hard times is a blessing too.
Our mission as Christians is not about success and numbers. It’s about following Christ. That’s not usually easy. On the other hand, discipleship promises unexpected abundance, a life of community and communion with God, and witnessing God’s slow but sure reconciling of all things.
Jeremiah and Jesus are pretty clear about God's will for them, but it can be harder for us to figure that out. How do we discern God's call for us, and what do we do when other people in our lives feel the need to weigh in?
God has cared for us by designing our bodies in such a way that our most vulnerable body parts are protected; could we care for the Body of Christ in the same way?
This Sunday's reading from First Corinthians tells us that "there are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit," and that sounds very nice. However, how does this actually manifest in communities and families? Do we really affirm the gifts in each each other? Do we appreciate our own gifts? Let's reflect on all this a little more deeply . . .
Each time the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord comes around, we hear this invitation to see ourselves mirrored in Christ, in all of Christ’s belovedness. Each time we have an opportunity to trust a little more deeply, not in ourselves, but in God’s profound and grace-filled love for us.
Like the Magi, we have each other as travel companions, standing together beneath the night sky, gazing at signs from God, and following where they lead. Let’s use our wit, as well as our energy, vision, and desire for God, to move forward as one.
None of our families is ideal, and each of them is holy. Our broken and imperfect families, our grieving families, our struggling families are holy in our striving, not in our perfection. It’s God who makes us holy.
4th Sunday of Advent: Prophets don’t predict the future. They speak a word of hope. God keeps making promises, and when those are fulfilled, God makes more promises. Blessed are we who believe.
God is near, and the peace of God will guard us, even when we feel anxious. Gaudete Sunday, 2021 Phil 4:4-7
Our prophet’s vision is not a false peace, but a genuine end to the oppression that held people captive, a real gathering of community, and a life of peace and justice together. Many of us long for this in our day too, and those who long for the peace of justice are likely also called to work for it. How can we make the way easier for each other?
In this season of hope, God promises to be with us, and this promise is being fulfilled right now.
As we elevate this simple but divine man from Galilee, I hope we don’t lose sight of the point he’s trying to make in this Gospel – that we belong to Christ and we belong to the Kingdom of God that we’re living into now.
Welcome to National Vocation Awareness Week. We can think about our vocation as our call from God to love in the world. God calls each of us as Christians to love, and the way each one of us loves is not in general but in particular. God calls us to love in the way that also makes each one of us happy. Religious life is a pretty unique calling. It’s somewhat rare, although God is definitely still calling people to this vocation. Because it’s unique, not as many people know much about religious life. So this week, we’re going to tell you all about it. What we have for you in this podcast episode are some of our sisters sharing their thoughts about why they love being Sisters of Divine Providence so much. You’ll enjoy these reflections and, hopefully, be inspired too. And if you still want to know more, if you yourself might be wondering if God is calling you to religious life, or if you are seriously discerning it, we’ll have a question and answer conversation on zoom on November 21 at 4 PM. It will be just like you’re sitting here in the living room with us chatting about life and God and love and service. It’ll be great, so we hope you join us. You can sign up here: https://tinyurl.com/QAwithSisters And if you feel like God might be calling you to explore a vocation to religious life, let me know and we can have a conversation about it. Email Sister Leslie at vocation@CDPKentucky.org. However God is calling you to love and serve, may you know always God’s love for you.
Escuche cómo Hermana Paula Gohs y Hermana Kay describen su amor por la comunidad, la oración y la misión. ¿Quiere aprender más sobre cómo Dios podría estar llamándolo a amar y servir? Reúnete en Zoom el 21 de noviembre a las 4 p.m. Regístrese aquí: https://tinyurl.com/QAwithSisters o envíe un correo electrónico a la Hermana Leslie a vocation@CDPKentucky.org para obtener más información.
Jesus uses the meager contribution of a poor widow to show what it looks like to give out of your whole livelihood. How are you living into this? How is God calling you to give all with generosity and trust?
In this culture that glorifies busyness to the point of burnout, how do we follow God's commandments to love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength? How do we love our neighbors, and how do we love ourselves?
On this 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, we get to spend some time with Bartimaeus. What can we learn from this disciple’s encounter with Jesus, and how would you answer Jesus’s question: “What do you want me to do for you?”
The readings for this 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time contrast leaders who lord power over people and Jesus, who is deeply with people. I’ll also reference Brené Brown and what she has to say about power with versus power over. You can find out more about that at her website, brenebrown.com.
Our rich friend in the Gospel has all the privilege in the world. Do you think he’ll be able to lay aside that privilege and follow Jesus? I think he can. Discipleship is not something we achieve on our own but with God’s help, our God who makes all things possible.
This Sunday’s readings call us to care for each other. Like Christ who enters intimately into our lives and loves deeply and expansively, may we move toward each other in love and mutual compassion.
In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus uses strong words to help us to cut out of our lives the things that cause sin and distress in order to open ourselves to growth, freedom, and God.
In this podcast, we’ll reflect on the readings for Sunday, September 19th, the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Following Jesus doesn’t make people less annoying, but it does call us to put other people before ourselves. It also calls us to recognize that we are not self-sufficient; we need God and each other. You can find the Lectionary readings here: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091921.cfm
What does it mean to be hospitable, and why is it important to do so? In this episode we’ll reflect together on the story of Abraham and his angelic visitors. We’ll reflect on how Abraham offers hospitality and hopefully hear a call from God ourselves to offer a generous welcome to others.
The Providence Podcast is offered by God Space, a ministry of the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky. On our podcast, we’ll offer Scripture reflections, prayer opportunities, interviews, and lots of other ways to help you connect and deepen your spirituality. Thanks for being here!