Heather Ruce

Day III: All Soul’s Day

Heather Ruce | November 2, 2023

Collective Autumn Triduum Vigil: Today we find ourselves in the middle of the the Autumn Triduum. November 1st, All Saints’ Day or All Hallow’s Day, has traditionally been a day of honoring and celebrating the saints of the Christian tradition.

Read More

Day II: All Saints’ / All Hallow’s Day

Heather Ruce | November 1, 2023

Collective Autumn Triduum Vigil: Today we find ourselves in the middle of the the Autumn Triduum. November 1st, All Saints’ Day or All Hallow’s Day, has traditionally been a day of honoring and celebrating the saints of the Christian tradition.

Read More

Day I: All Saints’ Eve / Halloween

Heather Ruce | October 31, 2023

Collective Autumn Triduum Vigil: It is the first day of the Autumn Triduum, October 31st, All Saints’ Eve or Halloween. As we join with one another in vigil across this passage way from death to life, it is important to recognize the main overarching theme of this type of passage which is, in the words of Cynthia Bourgeault, to taste that in ourselves which already lies beyond death in order that we might begin to live from that place now.

Read More

Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening Book Circle, Part I

Heather Ruce | August 18, 2023

We are just about to begin our next Foundational Wisdom Practice Book Circle, Series I, in which people will gather to engage one of Cynthia’s principle books Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening. This Wisdom Practice Book Circle will be an opportunity to anchor us amidst the growing intensity of current conditions in the psychological, biological, and spiritual atmosphere individually and collectively.

Read More

“Gospodi Pomiluj” – Lord Mercy Us

Heather Ruce | March 20, 2022

Awhile back one of my teachers Deborah Rose Longo lead J.G. Bennett’s version of the seated Gurdjieff Exercise “Lord Have Mercy.” This version of the exercise was called “Gospodi Pomiluj” which is “Lord Have Mercy” in Russian.

Read More