Daily Meditation for February 27, 2024
Good day to all of you visitors. We are already into the second week of Lent. Two weeks ago, we each took time to determine what sacrifices we would make […]
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Daily Meditation for February 26, 2024
“All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.” A 14th-century English woman, Julian of Norwich, wrote these words at a time […]
Daily Meditation for February 23, 2024
In today’s Scripture reading by the prophet Ezekiel, we are reminded that we are responsible for our actions in the sight of God and fellow humans. Our actions do speak […]
Daily Meditation for February 22, 2024
We are into the Lenten season! How are we doing? A well-known story entitled “Two Wolves” may suggest an answer as we continue throughout Lent. An old Cherokee is telling […]
Daily Meditation for February 21, 2024
There is a quote by Louis C.K. that reads, “The only time you look in your neighbor’s bowl is to make sure that they have enough. You don’t look in […]
A New Lent
Just recently, I read someone’s description of what Lent includes or means. The reason I was struck with this passage was that it met my own thoughts lately. I have […]
Daily Meditation for February 20, 2024
We remind ourselves that the opposite of gratefulness is taking gifts for granted. That may be true, but it’s also true that every person should be able to take for […]
Daily Meditation for February 19, 2024
A cherished Lenten ritual in many Christian churches is signing each worshiper’s forehead with ashes in the shape of a cross, as a reminder of repentance. In some congregations, dishes […]
Daily Meditation for February 16, 2024
Some years ago, according to Fr. Ed Hayes in his book A Pilgrim’s Almanac, American “breakfast cereals have undergone a kind of Lent, a reformation,” as cereal companies have removed […]
Daily Meditation for February 15, 2024
Yesterday was Ash Wednesday. Rather than thinking of Lent as a somber “gloom and doom” time, take the advice of the wise leader, St. Benedict, who in chapter 49 of […]
