Don While I was at Mt. Saviour Monastery this week I purchased a book. I haven’t finished reading it yet, but I will soon. I recommend it to anyone who reads this blog. It is Illuminated Life: Monastic Wisdom for Seekers of Light. It’s author is one of my favorites, Sr. Joan Chittister, OSB. The books … Read more
Yesterday, we arrived in Montreal, Quebec for a couple of days vacation. I’d never been here before and neither had my wife. It is a lovely city and it’s filled with much to see. The people are very friendly and thankfully bilingual. We walked 13.5 miles today according to my pedometer. Montreal is a city … Read more
On Tuesday morning I spied a bumper sticker that made me look twice. It’s timely commentary and I ordered four of them. If you’d like a bumper sticker like mine here is the link, On Earth Peace. Technorati Tags:peace, bumper sticker
I’ve returned from two days of retreat at Mt. Saviour Monastery. It was a rich experience. They have a great bookstore but much of what I read wasn’t really what I needed. I just wanted to come again and experience the quiet. After spending a couple days or more on a retreat one could easily … Read more
Steve Bogner has a post on his blog, Way of the Cross-Jesus Body is Buried. At the end of his post he states, “What is it in my life that keeps me entombed?” I’ve been thinking on that one for a day and a half and it is still making me think. I’ll take that … Read more
Tomorrow I will travel to Mt. Saviour Monastery in Pine City, New York. I spent a couple of days there in February. I found it inviting and in that spirit I feel invited again to spend a couple of days there. Today I found some connections between the founder of Mt. Saviour, Fr. Damasus Winzen … Read more
In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth. That’s the first of the many readings tonight at the vigil service. I thought of the similarity between this reading and the John 1;1, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Tonight’s readings begin … Read more
“For this I was born and for this I came into the world,to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.” Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” Taken from St. John’s Gospel in today’s liturgy this passage gripped me. “Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my … Read more
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, “This month shall stand at the head of your calendar; you shall reckon it the first month of the year… It is the Passover of the Lord. Taken from the first reading tonight, these phrases signal for me the holiest time of the … Read more
My heart swells with pride and tears rim my eyes as I watch Cardinal McCarrick address a crowd of 200,000 in Washington, D.C. I am not bilingual and I cannot understand what he is saying, but the ear of my heart tells me that he is speaking with passion and he is being well received … Read more
