God, a miscarriage, and a Prophetess...
"There was a prophetess, too, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was well on in years. Her days of girlhood over,...
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patriciahiggins1
- Feb 8, 2022
- 5 min
The Dark Womb - God and Reproductive Loss
The Dark Womb - God and Reproductive Loss What ‘in the name of God’ can you say to someone who has had a miscarriage? Can you honestly...
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patriciahiggins1
- Aug 6, 2021
- 1 min
Transfiguring Touches
(Mt 17:11-8; Mk 9:2-8, Lk 9:28-36) A gentle touch on the hand Or a reassuring arm around the shoulder That’s how I imagine Jesus might...
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patriciahiggins1
- Apr 4, 2021
- 2 min
Mary Magdalene's thoughts on Easter Sunday afternoon
I went to see them this morning These men who knew Jesus too He’d ask me to go to them They seemed like the obvious ones to share this...
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patriciahiggins1
- Mar 11, 2021
- 1 min
Joining Women on Air
n this week of international Women's day, I am really thrilled to share that I have been accepted as a member of the Women on Air...
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patriciahiggins1
- Dec 24, 2020
- 2 min
New Annunciations
I wonder What Mary thinks about the Nativity now And all that led up to it I wonder if she might want the Annunciation to have been a bit...
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patriciahiggins1
- Dec 3, 2020
- 2 min
God and Infertility
When we were struggling to start a family, I prayed a lot even though I wasn’t sure what the God I was praying to could do about it....
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patriciahiggins1
- Dec 2, 2020
- 1 min
Incarnation
Published by Vita Poetica, a Washington based Arts & Faith Collective, in their online Advent Calendar, in Dec 2020 . They were looking...
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patriciahiggins1
- Dec 2, 2020
- 2 min
A cold slap in the face about prayer...
'Doing' Lough Derg was a rite of passage in our house. The centuries old pilgrimage - sometimes referred to as the 'ironman of...
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patriciahiggins1
- Dec 2, 2020
- 2 min
All part of God’s plan...?
When I was seven, our teacher went off for a month to have an operation on her toes. The headmistress, a very gentle, quiet sister, ...
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patriciahiggins1
- Aug 28, 2020
- 2 min
What's with the gorse?
Published in The Furrow Journal, March 2018 like gorse a lot. This piece below explains why. It was published on International Women's...
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patriciahiggins1
- May 29, 2020
- 1 min
Easter - what does it mean on lockdown ?
How might Resurrection happen in our world and our lives today? This was a question a group of us reflected on as we 'gathered on zoom'...
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