Daily Meditation for October 14, 2024
I recently read Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson and highly recommend that it be at the top of everyone’s reading list. It masterfully describes through expansive […]
Entries by Alyssa Tasto
Daily Meditation for October 11, 2024
From the Rule of St. Benedict: The Tools of Good Works “You must not be proud, nor be given to wine. Refrain from too much eating or sleeping, and from […]
Daily Meditation for October 10, 2024
Prior to our elections, we seem more conscious of the burden and frightening responsibility of forming our consciences, of voting our conscience and of being faithful citizens of our NATIONAL […]
Daily Meditation for October 9, 2024
The family is the basic unit of society. So very many circumstances gnaw at our families today. Economics, social media, mental unwellness, challenges, underachievers and unforeseen accidents are the dark […]
Moving Around the Center
The mobile hanging in front of me is moving constantly—sometimes gently and slowly, sometimes wildly. The wind blowing through the window is determining the degree and direction of the movement. […]
Daily Meditation for October 8, 2024
“October is the fallen leaf, but it is also a wider horizon more clearly seen.” (Hal Borland). October is a month of contrasts. Its fallen leaves are a sign that […]
Joyful Teaching
Sister Janine Braun developed a passion for education early on in life. One of six children, she was raised by faith-filled Catholic parents on a small dairy farm near Spring […]
Daily Meditation for October 7, 2024
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 October 4, 2024
From the Rule of St. Benedict: The Tools of Good Works These are short statements of how we are to live our lives as Christians. Written in about 530 AD, […]
Daily Meditation for October 3, 2024
These days prior to the presidential election seem very strange. Fear and anxiety seem to have a firm grip on the hearts of many people. Thus, there is a great […]
