Mary Oliver

  • Bearing Witness to the Present Moment – Raised Catholic 179

    Bearing Witness to the Present Moment – Raised Catholic 179

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 179: Bearing Witness to the Present Moment Hi friends. This week around 9:15 on a Friday morning, I left my yoga class and parked down by the water to finish up my coffee and…

  • Be Still – Raised Catholic 173

    Be Still – Raised Catholic 173

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 173: Be Still Hi friends. In this perfect spring season where everything is coming up and blooming and gorgeous, I think the blooms themselves are a testimony to God and so, I don’t have…

  • Finding God – Raised Catholic episode 19

    Finding God – Raised Catholic episode 19

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 19: Finding God These days, in the wake of more than a year of pandemic, racial injustice, upheaval, isolation and much more, people are tired and overwhelmed and we’re working to unpack the real trauma…

  • Climb

    Climb

    I meet with God in savasana, the quiet, still time at the end of a yoga class. We have kind of a routine, God and I. As the teacher covers most of the students with blankets, I instead put on my cozy wrap cardigan, lay down in what’s known as ‘corpse pose’, and meet God…