My List of Resolutions
No New Year’s resolutions for me. I’ve failed at them too many times. Nope, this year I’m going to walk into 2024 and just see what happens. That’s what I […]
Entries by Amanda Hackett
Daily Meditation for January 23, 2024
“Be willing to be a beginner every single morning” (Meister Eckhart). We are well into January now and, for many of us, those New Year resolutions of living a healthier […]
Daily Meditation for January 22, 2024
Our greatest gifts are those which, perhaps, at this very moment, we are unaware we possess. For example, in Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Annie Dillard tells of a 22-year-old woman, […]
Daily Meditation for January 19, 2024
Saint Benedict urges monks to receive guests as if they were Christ and to ask them for a blessing (RB 53:1–2; 24). One guest we all meet often is ourselves. […]
Daily Meditation for January 18, 2024
In his time and place, John the Baptist was a major celebrity. Crowds thronged to see and hear him as he preached and baptized at the Jordan River. One can […]
Protected: Sister Mary Jane Cournoyer Memorial Page
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Daily Meditation for January 17, 2024
As refugees from many countries turn hopeful faces toward the United States, we might be guided in our response by a bronze sculpture and the words it is based on. […]
The Second Time Around
Just before a great number of people in my community had COVID, I wrote a blog that began this way: “If anyone was afraid of getting COVID, it was me. […]
Daily Meditation for January 16, 2024
Each season of the year is full of splendor and exciting activities. Now we are deep into the season of winter. Snow-covered lawns and fields offer a sense of being […]
Daily Meditation for January 15, 2024
We have completed the preparation time of Advent and the celebration time of Christmas. We now look to a new year of grace and blessings! At this time, we often […]
