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#12DaysOfHeaven #2024InReview #YearInReview Day 1

Beginning in January, when I quietly celebrated 30 years since I entered religious life in the Society of the #SacredHeart

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How can I repay the Lord...?
Thirty years ago today I became a candidate with the Society of the Sacred Heart, and embarked on the utterly amazing, challenging and joy-f...
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December 26, 2024 at 7:17 PM
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#12DaysofHeaven #2024InReview #YearInReview Day 12

And we end the year, and #Christmas tide, praying that Love will be born and dwell in each one of us...

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Be born in me
Be born in me Be born in me Trembling heart, somehow I believe That You chose me I’ll hold you in the beginning You will hold me in the end ...
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January 6, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #YearInReview Day 4

And in April, we lost #PopeFrancis, the Pope of hope and encounter, mercy, inclusion, the poor and so much more...
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All is born to blossom
Christ is risen! These words capture the entire meaning of our existence, for we were not made for death but for life. ~ Easter Sunday final...
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December 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #2024InReview #YearInReview Day 2

And in February, I picked up on some questions asked of
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#Christmas is always a good time for reflecting on this!

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What gives me joy
What is your mission at present? What gives you joy? And which Bible quote currently nourishes you the most in your daily life? These were t...
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December 27, 2024 at 3:07 PM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #2024InReview #YearInReview Day 10

And I ended October reflecting on various things, including Dorothy Day and the duty of delight...

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The duty of delight
On Thursday we laid one of our sisters to rest. It was, as so many said, a lovely day for a funeral: warm and unwaveringly sunny; the sky a ...
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January 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #YearInReview Day 8

And in August's sunshine and heat I pondered and drew lessons from my garden's untrammelled greenery

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Layers, roots and a coral call
Almost two weeks ago, I quietly marked thirty-five years since that unforgettable day when, after several months of a gradual, increasing fa...
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January 2, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #YearInReview - Day 9

And in September, I moved house, after 4 years at L's bend...

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No place I would rather be
Once a month my local Catholic church hosts Youth 2000 for an evening of eucharistic adoration, which I attend whenever I can, even if only ...
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January 3, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #YearInReview Day 1

And I started 2025 in filmmaker mode, creating a little video filled with light - and Shaun the sheep!

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Following and filled with light
Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you... and... his glory will be seen upon you... ~ Isaiah 60...
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December 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #YearInReview - Day 6, bonus post

Because in June, on #CorpusChristi I celebrated the 22nd anniversary of my perpetual #vows, reflecting on God's generosity...

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Twelve baskets and more
Our early summer has oozed into a midsummer heatwave. Here at L's bend the air is oven-hot and heavy, the magnolia has already started its s...
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December 31, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #YearInReview Day 10 bonus post

In October, when we celebrated #MaterAdmirabilis, she reminded us not to lose hope in the face of hate & injustice - a necessary message for us all

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Never losing heart
Then Jesus told them a parable about the need to pray continually and never lose heart... (Luke 18:1) Yesterday's Gospel reminded us of the ...
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January 4, 2026 at 9:34 PM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #YearInReview Day 7

And I started July reflecting on #StThomas, wounds, and some recent visits to the LOUDfence in Westminster Cathedral

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I am not like Thomas...
I am not like Thomas, wounds I cannot see, But I plainly call thee Lord and God as he: Let me to a deeper faith each day nearer move, Daily ...
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January 1, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #2024InReview #YearInReview Day 5

And in May we celebrated the feast of our founder, St Madeleine Sophie Barat #RSCJ looking, as Sophie always did, to the #SacredHeart...

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The treasury of his Heart
Today we celebrate St Madeleine Sophie Barat, founder of the Society of the Sacred Heart, educator, woman of passion and prayer, centred in ...
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December 30, 2024 at 8:54 PM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #2024InReview #YearInReview Day 4

And in April, against a backdrop filled with war, a call for #Vocations Sunday to sow seeds of hope and build #peace...

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Peace be with you
This week I've been reading and reflecting on the Eastertide Gospels with a poignancy beyond aching. There is the joy of encountering the Ri...
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December 29, 2024 at 6:04 PM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #2025InReview Day 10

And in October, to my delight, the gift of my #RSCJ Aussie best friend being able to stay with me for a few days...
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Pure gift and sheer grace
Let us love this distance, which is thoroughly woven with friendship, since those who do not love each other are not separated. ~ Simone Wei...
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January 4, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #YearInReview Day 2

And in February, on #ValentinesDay, I was in a school, talking about what love looks like... (clue: not like red roses!) And quoting St Augustine, little knowing we'd soon have an Augustinian #PopeLeoXIV!

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What does love look like?
What does love look like?  This timeless question was posed by St Augustine, who went on to supply the equally timeless answer:  It has the ...
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December 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #YearInReview Day 11

In November, in the Society of the #SacredHeart, we celebrate St Philippine Duchesne, our 2nd saint and 1st pioneering missionary...

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Shining brightly
Today, in the worldwide Society of the Sacred Heart, we are celebrating St Philippine Duchesne, our second saint and first missionary, whose...
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January 5, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #YearInReview Day 6

June is the month of the #SacredHeart, the focus with which Heaven and I started the month...

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We can never love too much
It's already June, the month of blooming roses and fragrant jasmine, and days, here in the northern hemisphere, stretching through warm leng...
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December 31, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #YearInReview Day 11 - bonus post

Because in November we celebrated the Society of the #SacredHeart's 225th birthday - during #Jubilee2025

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Jubilee, hope and 225
The other day I was thinking about the 21st November 1800. This was the day when our Society was born: when a fervent, courageous and quietl...
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January 5, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #YearInReview Day 1 - bonus post

In January, I also marked the 30th anniversary of the day I became a novice in the Society of the #SacredHeart

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God's YES to me
For all that has been, thank you. For all that is to come, YES ~ Dag Hammarskjöld When religious celebrate the anniversary of their vows, pe...
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December 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #2024InReview #YearInReview Day 3

And in March, I found myself spending quite a lot of time beating the streets, and pondering all sorts...

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Beating the streets
Over the past few weeks I have, on a daily basis, been beating the streets, tapping boxes as I go, sometimes alongside other enthusiasts. Be...
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December 28, 2024 at 4:47 PM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #YearInReview - Day 5 bonus post

Because in May, #RSCJ & the wider #SacredHeart family celebrate the feast of our founder, #StMadeleineSophie
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Only Jesus and his glory
Regular readers of this blog might recall that every year, around mid-May, I begin asking St Madeleine Sophie what she would like me to writ...
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December 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #2024InReview #YearInReview Day 7 (for yesterday)

And in July I went to Norfolk, where I contemplated God's infinity and met a smiling seal...

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Infinity and a smiling seal
I recently returned from a week in a village on the Norfolk coast. It was a lovely, renewing time, of solitude and sunshine, evening strolls...
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January 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #2024InReview #YearInReview Day 8

August began with grief, then hate and riots, and then brave, radical hospitality offering love... 👇❤️

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Love will prevail
We decided to deal with those people who came to protest against us in a way which we hoped could change hearts and minds...  So, the reason...
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January 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #YearInReview Day 5

And we began May, still in #Easter tide, praying for the #Conclave and wondering who our new #Pope would be...
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The Conclave, and our three Rs
This Easter, in addition to celebrating the Resurrection, I had the joy of seeing a friend get confirmed at the Easter Vigil. I gave her a c...
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December 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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#HappyChristmas! Starting later today, I will be sharing my #2024YearInReview via 12 #HeavensHighlights

Like the #12DaysofChristmas, except this will, of course, be #12DaysOfHeaven (and no French hens, geese a-laying or maids a-milking will be involved 😁)

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The reflections and ramblings of a religious woman called to love and live from the heart
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December 26, 2024 at 6:22 PM