Daily Meditation for February 19, 2024
A cherished Lenten ritual in many Christian churches is signing each worshiper’s forehead with ashes in the shape of a cross, as a reminder of repentance. In some congregations, dishes […]
Entries by Amanda Hackett
Daily Meditation for February 16, 2024
Some years ago, according to Fr. Ed Hayes in his book A Pilgrim’s Almanac, American “breakfast cereals have undergone a kind of Lent, a reformation,” as cereal companies have removed […]
Daily Meditation for February 15, 2024
Yesterday was Ash Wednesday. Rather than thinking of Lent as a somber “gloom and doom” time, take the advice of the wise leader, St. Benedict, who in chapter 49 of […]
Daily Meditation for February 14, 2024
This year, Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day fall on the same day. St. Valentine was both a priest and a doctor, and legend tells us that he was put in […]
Present While Absent
I was positioned, ready for the light sedation that would block pain and full awareness of what was going on during my foot surgery. The anesthesia did its job. Although […]
Daily Meditation for February 13, 2024
LOVE MONTH … Celebrating Christmas and New Year’s has left a spirit of gratitude for all the ways that love for one another has been expressed. Spending time with people […]
Daily Meditation for February 12, 2024
Christians throughout the world will soon observe a time they call “Lent” which is translated as the “spring.” In the Northern hemisphere, it comes at the same time as the […]
Daily Meditation for February 9, 2024
Is there anything special about February 9? Yes! It’s National Pizza Day (at least it is here in the USA). This year, it falls very conveniently. We’ve been having some […]
Daily Meditation for February 8, 2024
Powerful telescopes are giving us spectacular and incomprehensible images of stars and galaxies. They also show us that out of chaos, stars are “born.” These phenomena might remind us of […]
Daily Meditation for February 7, 2024
Many times over the years, one hears of people telling of what an enormous task moving from their homes was. STUFF was the reason. So much stuff accumulated over the […]
