Daily Meditation for November 28, 2025
A squirrel sitting on the sidewalk was eyeing a black walnut. It had to choose between abandoning this treasure or allowing a frightening human to get closer. The squirrel darted […]
Entries by Amanda Hackett
Daily Meditation for November 27, 2025
Today we celebrate Thanksgiving. Obviously it is a time of thanks, a time of gratitude, a time to count one’s blessings, to count the gifts each of us receive from […]
Daily Meditation for November 26, 2025
When we are moved to give God thanks for His blessings, we might — if we are lucky — have a long list. However, there are many people around us […]
Life Awareness Retreat • February 20-21, 2026
Single Catholic women and men, ages 18–30, interested in learning more about serving the Church and world as future priests, deacons, religious sisters and brothers, and lay ministers/missioners are invited […]
Thank You, God!
Summer school was rather chaotic as I previously wrote. My whole syllabus had to be discarded because of an unexpected student who was blind. What would I do? Grad school […]
Daily Meditation for November 25, 2025
You shall love the Lord your God with your whole soul, mind and heart and love your neighbor as yourself. These are the two great commandments! How do we keep […]
Daily Meditation for November 24, 2025
When was the last time you really laughed? Good belly laughs with a dear friend or loved one can be a healing balm during a difficult time. Laughter can be […]
Daily Meditation for November 21, 2025
Writer Kurt Vonnegut once said that the only proof he needed for the existence of God was music. Maya Angelou spoke of music as her refuge — a way of […]
Daily Meditation for November 20, 2025
November is a month dedicated in a very special way to remembering. In a fast-moving culture like our own, taking time to slow down and remember may seem like a […]
Daily Meditation for November 19, 2025
At the funeral of a beautiful, generous woman, one of her friends said in tribute, “When she arrived at the gates of Heaven, God said to her, ‘Annie, you used […]
