Daily Meditation for May 30, 2024
As the rain falls gently on our dry spring land, every face has a relaxed look! We are grateful for a luscious rain after our Midwest dry winter. We need […]
Entries by Alyssa Tasto
Daily Meditation for May 29, 2024
Why are so many children abused and neglected these days? Newborns are so wonderful, so beautiful in fact. But, as they begin to grow, all too often these children become […]
Daily Meditation for May 28, 2024
“The morning air was like a new dress. That made her feel the apron tied around her waist. She untied it and flung it on a low bush beside the […]
Seeking Authentic Inclusion
Recently, I was meeting with a group of predominantly lay Catholics in leadership. I brought up the fact that since we welcomed persons of other faiths might we be a […]
Daily Mediation for May 27, 2024
Ulysses S. Grant, the general who brought the Civil War to an end and served as President from 1869-1877, deserves our attention this Memorial Day for his warning about the […]
Daily Meditation for May 24, 2024
In his song “Anthem,” Leonard Cohen urges his listeners to forget the futile, paralyzing quest for perfection. “Forget the perfect offering,” he writes, “There is a crack in everything. That’s […]
Daily Meditation for May 23, 2024
It has been said that “patience is a virtue,” but perhaps a virtue that many have yet to develop. Waiting patiently doesn’t come easily in a culture that expects instant […]
Daily Meditation for May 22, 2024
The end of May always is so charged with the excitement of the completion of another school year and looking forward to summer vacation and much anticipation of the coming […]
Jubilarians Are Golden
At Saint Benedict’s Monastery in St. Joseph, Minn., we recently celebrated the jubilees of seven sisters. One sister actually reached 80 years of vowed living. How sweet is that? She […]
Daily Meditation for May 21, 2024
“Throw your cares on the Lord, and he will support you.” These words from the responsorial psalm for today’s Mass remind us that we do not carry our crosses alone. […]
