Daily Meditation for December 12, 2023
December 12 is the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas. In 1531, an indigenous peasant, Juan Diego, saw a beautiful woman who identified herself as the […]
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Telan (Christine) Hu, OSB
Telan (Christine) Hu, OSB Saint Benedict’s Monastery St. Joseph, Minn. December 16, 1932 – December 7, 2023 The Eucharist of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, […]
Daily Meditation for December 11, 2023
Early in John’s Gospel, we find Jesus being trailed by two men who ask him: “Where do you dwell?” The inquiry is more than just about a residence. They wonder […]
Daily Meditation for December 8, 2023
In this season, we sing with glad hearts about peace on Earth and goodwill toward all. But as a human community, we seem farther away than ever from this dream. […]
Rita (Anthony) Budig, OSB
Rita (Anthony) Budig, OSB Saint Benedict’s Monastery St. Joseph, Minn. December 24, 1934 – December 6, 2023 The Eucharist of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, […]
Daily Meditation is December 7, 2023
Dorothy Day is quoted as saying, “If you have two coats, you have stolen one from the poor.” Stolen? Wow! Strong words calling us to look at our actions and […]
Daily Meditation for December 6, 2023
“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and […]
The Inward Work of Democracy
Recently, I listened to an interview that Krista Tippett, MPR’s host to “On Being,” did with Jacob Needleman, author of The American Soul: The Inward Work of Democracy. His ideas […]
Daily Meditation for December 5, 2023
Our world is in constant turmoil; we see environmental disasters and human conflict globally. No paradise in sight! Then one reads the prophet Isaiah, who describes a paradise so alluring […]
Daily Meditation for December 4, 2023
Today, many places in the world suffer deeply; many suffer from global warming so that access to adequate food becomes a very real problem. I read an article about a […]
