Thomas Merton enters the Trappist Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky. 1941. I saw this on a desk calendar at the hospice where I volunteer last Thursday, Dec. 10. Earlier that day, in meeting with my spiritual director, I discussed discerning whether or...

It’s Sunday morning and earlier this morning (much earlier) I listened to a homily on EWTN for a daily Mass for Saturday from Alabama. In the homily, the priest discussed snow falling there and how the moisture seeps into the ground similar to God’s...

Each Monday, a small group of ladies participate in the meme Sleeping with Bread, started by Mary-Lue and based off the book by the same name and on the Friday before that, I post something I call Flashback Friday (today on Sunday) as part of that. The...

I urge you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, your spiritual worship. Romans 12:1 Malachi 1:14, 2:13-16 and an excerpt from The City of God by St. Augustine were the...

Each Monday, a small group of ladies participate in the meme Sleeping with Bread, started by Mary-Lue and based off the book and on the Friday before that, I post something I call Flashback Friday (today on Sunday) as part of that. The meme is based on...