Daily Meditation for December 26, 2025
“Clap your hands, all you peoples” (Ps. 47:1) In many prayer settings, hands are not only clapped, but they are raised in praise of God. People at prayer sit with […]
Entries by Amanda Hackett
Daily Meditation for December 25, 2025
We have once again welcomed a Christmas into our home and heart. With it, we focus on an infant — one who is both divine and human. The human aspect […]
Daily Meditation for December 24, 2025
We hear the phrase, “Jesus is the Reason for the Season,” and it is true, though many do not experience this explicitly. In the flurry of the season, it may […]
Daily Meditation for December 23, 2025
In Katherine Hepburn’s autobiography, the legendary actress writes that the longer she lives, the more her many roles fall away, and the more the voice of her real self insists […]
Daily Meditation for December 22, 2025
“Look, Mom, a Lego Transformer; can I have it?” Such petitioning happens when parents shop with children. The parents are generally attentive and show interest in what the child is […]
Daily Meditation for December 19, 2025
Thomas Merton writes, “But there is greater comfort in the substance of silence than in the answer to a question.” Merton is explaining the power of silence. There are mixed […]
Daily Meditation for December 18, 2025
St. Teresa of Calcutta tells us to: “Mark the season of Advent by loving and serving the others with God’s own love and concern.” Advent is traditionally a time of […]
Daily Meditation for December 17, 2025
One oblate group, the “Merry Wanderers,” discovered a new word at one of its monthly meetings: “Refugia.” It sounds like “refuge” and, in a way, that is just what it […]
Daily Meditation for December 16, 2025
Someone once said: “There is a reason why God gave us two ears and only one mouth. The person who discovers the reason for this will often become a compassionate […]
Daily Meditation for December 15, 2025
We’re part way through Advent — how’s your preparation coming? Mine is a bit precarious! At the beginning of Advent, we heard that it is “now the hour to awake […]
