OH, ZACCHAEUS!
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BLESSINGS OF EACH DAY
By Mary Olivia Patiño
With the morning song
God grants us another day
Refreshes souls lifted up to pray
With the morning song
God grants us tranquility
Welcomes us to the Feast
God sets the blessings
Before us at the table
Love, kindness, joy
Mercy, peace
We bow our heads
Give thanks, and receive
The promise -a new release
Graces to strengthen
Guide us on the Way
God anoints us with fortitude
With evening song
Our hearts stir
We pray and sleep In gratitude
Mary Olivia Patiño is a writer and poet. She enjoys photography and integrates it into creative design, and in her published books. For several years, she facilitated a faith-based writing group which she formed in collaboration with parishioners.
A lay person, she reflects on her past ministry and day-to-day experiences where she encounters God's presence, She is an Oblate of the Order of St. Benedict with the Benedictine Sisters of St. Scholastica. She is a graduate of the Oblate School of Theology and of Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas.
