Daily Meditation for October 16, 2024
Encouragement, “to give heart to” or “to cover.” To offer encouragement does reach out in a special manner in covering another with extra strength in a given situation. The definition […]
Entries by Amanda Hackett
Georganne (Dolores) Burr, OSB
Georganne (Dolores) Burr, OSB Saint Benedict’s Monastery St. Joseph, Minn. January 30, 1940 – August 22, 2024 The Eucharist of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, […]
Weekly Meditation, August 19 to 23, 2024
A change of pace is a welcome thing, especially when accompanied by seasonal change. And when the seasons change, so do we. Our team of writers will be having a […]
Margaret (Mildred) Mandernach, OSB
Margaret (Mildred) Mandernach, OSB Saint Benedict’s Monastery St. Joseph, Minn. April 4, 1936 – July 5, 2024 The Eucharist of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, […]
Weekly Meditation, July 1 to July 5, 2024
A change of pace is a welcome thing, especially when accompanied by seasonal change. And when the seasons change, so do we. Our team of writers will be having a […]
Daily Meditation for May 8, 2024
“In God’s great mercy we have been given a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1 Peter 1:3). This is the […]
Wonder
Recently I read that, on his death bed, Abraham Joshua Heschel expressed humble gratitude for his full life and said that he never prayed for anything but a spirit of […]
Daily Meditation for May 7, 2024
There is a well-known saying: “Give a hungry person a fish, and you have fed them for a day. Teach a person how to fish, and you have fed them […]
Daily Meditation for May 6, 2024
Spring is the season when we see more clearly the beauty of God’s creation. Nature speaks to us of our loving God through the greening lawns and budding trees, the […]
Daily Meditation for May 3, 2024
There have been April showers, now come the May flowers. It seems the desire for beauty is innate in our human DNA. Perhaps it goes back to our first parents […]
