Garden of Lent series Ep4 – Flowering and Fruit-bearing (with Sr. Rita D’Souza, DLJC Sisters)
In this final episode of our Lenten series The Garden of Lent, Sr. Rita joins me once again to reflect on Flowering and Fruit-bearing — the quiet, sacred culmination of a season of hidden growth. Drawing from Scripture, the lives of the saints, and the witness of Our Blessed Mother, this conversation gently reframes what […]
Garden of Lent series Ep3 – Watering and Waiting (with Sr. Rita D’Souza)
In Episode 3 of The Garden of Lent, Sr. Rita and me reflect on two sacred movements of spiritual growth: watering and waiting. Drawing from Scripture and lived experience, we explore how the Holy Spirit nourishes us quietly, precisely, and lovingly — even in dry, delayed, or painful seasons. This episode speaks directly to women […]
Garden of Lent series Ep2 – Pruning and Weeding (with Sr. Rita D’Souza)
In Episode 2 of The Garden of Lent, Sr. Rita and myself reflect on the often painful but necessary movements of pruning and weeding in our spiritual lives. Lent invites us to examine what God may be gently removing — habits, attachments, mindsets, or fears — not to harm us, but to make room for […]
Garden of Lent series Ep1 – Returning to the Garden (with Sr. Rita D’Souza)
In the opening episode of this four-part Lenten Podcast series with my dear friend Sr. Rita D’Souza, DLJC Sisters, I invite you to join us into entering The Garden of Lent, where God reveals Himself as the Divine Gardener. We reflect on how Lent calls us into communion, surrender, and trust — not through perfection, […]
The Garden of Lent series with Sr. Rita D’souza, DLJC Sisters
This Lent, step away from striving and return to the place where God walks closely with His creation — tending, restoring, and breathing life with tenderness. In this four-part podcast series, Michelle D’Silva and Sr. Rita D’Souza, DLJC Sisters – guide you through The Garden of Lent — reflecting on pruning, watering, waiting, and fruit-bearing […]
