Stop and Help
Sometimes when I am in my office, someone may walk in and ask me to help her with a task. It may be a computer tip, which surprises me because […]
Communications Coordinator for Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict
Sometimes when I am in my office, someone may walk in and ask me to help her with a task. It may be a computer tip, which surprises me because […]
I will never, never skip a word of the Rule of St. Benedict again! All of you who read the Rule know there are parts that don’t seem to fit […]
All the others are over there, beyond my view. I enter deep into aloneness, into my loneliness. Awake in early darkness I search for I know-not-what, for peace? For an […]
Thinking about Good Friday, I wondered where it had taken me. Not very far, I’m afraid. The same rituals. The prayers. But what is Good Friday all about? I took […]
One way to become acquainted with a health care facility is to spend some time at one. So, after my total hip replacement, I was transported to the Rapid Recovery […]
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“Can you help me make a hotel reservation?” said I to the tech guru in the family. “Just call to the hotel directly,” was the prompt given. The still small […]
“All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today.” – Proverb Flower seeds come in all shapes and sizes, yet when they are planted, prosper and […]
Monica (Gloria) Mai, OSB Saint Benedict’s Monastery St. Joseph, Minn. December 29, 1933 – March 5, 2022 The Eucharist of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, […]
My favorite places Scientists say we are connected through a cubic foot of dirt. Winds and rain bring tiny pieces of Africa, Europe and China to my back yard in […]
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