Soul Seeing

Michael Leach and friends write about seeing God, the world and ourselves with the eye of the soul. Each column is a spiritual reflection on the beauty that hides behind appearances and the peace that is beyond all understanding.

That kind soul in the back pew reminds us angels dwell among us

by Patrick T. Reardon

Nov 20, 2021

Soul Seeing: Every parish is filled with angels, people who are holy and touch those around them. When we gather in the church or in the parish hall or on the sidewalk outside, each soul is there, each soul is present in some way, each soul touches others in some way.

What I am learning from 'God's First Bible'

by Judy Esway-Cugino

Oct 30, 2021

Soul Seeing: Reflecting on the four seasons gives me hope and courage to move on. It is a visual reminder that everything changes. Everything passes. Everything moves on to where it's supposed to be, in God's timing.

Soul seeing, like love, changes everything

by Michael Leach

Oct 16, 2021

Soul Seeing columns are about looking at what is in front of our eyes and seeing what God has put in our eyes: love, mercy, goodness, beauty, grace, harmony, humility, compassion, gratitude, joy, peace, wisdom, salvation. Soul Seeing writers contemplate those moments when, without searching, they beheld something extraordinary in the ordinary.

Mindfulness grounds us in God and the present

by Anne Kertz Kernion

Oct 2, 2021

Waiting impatiently is just another way of saying we want the future to come sooner. Instead, we can feel at ease and tranquil, experiencing the presence of God and the joy of living more fully in the present, even while sitting at traffic lights.

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That kind soul in the back pew reminds us angels dwell among us

What I am learning from 'God's First Bible'

Soul seeing, like love, changes everything

Mindfulness grounds us in God and the present

A postmodern Catholic divinity student lets go for a moment of grace

To remember God's grandeur, look to the sky

This tension is a holy thing

How I wound up living across from a strip club

Being a grandparent is about being in awe

The 'still small voice' of God quietly answers

Our spiritual teachers are all around us

The night when Christ pulled up a chair

God has woven me into the universe

A meditation on Mars, and beyond

The gift of an unexpected midwife

For Lent, it's watermelon and large curd cottage cheese versus the Psalms

In the Bible and US history, we need to look at all the pictures

In this darkness is there also light?

Letting go and giving all to God in 2021

Have a happy Gerard Manley Hopkins Christmas

The proof is in the (bread) pudding

Take a prayer day: a time to put the world aside

I need to forgive Donald Trump

Finding sacramental grace in 50-minute therapy sessions

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