by Cathy AJ Hardy | Dec 10, 2023
Advent – Hope How can we have hope unless we have had no hope? Recently someone shared with me how difficult it was in her own story to find the safe places she needed when she had no hope. Most of us are uncomfortable when another expresses a deep... by Cathy AJ Hardy | Mar 26, 2017
Oscura – Dark Night of the Soul When we speak of darkness today, we are often referring to something sinister, as in ‘powers of darkness’ or the ‘dark side.’ This is not what Teresa (of Avila) or John (of the Cross) meant when they used the Spanish word for...