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Let Us Awaken the Dawn
It’s back again to an early morning thought . . . let us awaken the dawn. One of our psalms in morning prayer is Psalm 57, and our antiphon says it all. Awake, lyre and harp: I will awaken the dawn.
Those Who Fish, Rise Early
It is a New Year . . . has been for ten days now. Our Christmas Season ended on Sunday, the Feast of the Epiphany . . . yesterday we celebrated the Baptism of the Lord . . . and today Jesus calls his… Continue Reading “Those Who Fish, Rise Early”
If you were a shepherd, what would you do?
Today’s Gospel reading in the Second Tuesday of Advent: Jesus said to his disciples: “What is your opinion? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine in the hills and go in search… Continue Reading “If you were a shepherd, what would you do?”
What Is My Fishing Practice? Am I Faithful to My Spiritual Practice?
This morning (the Feast of St. Andrew) during our morning prayer, Sister Millie reflected on the Gospel reading. She talked about those who fish, and how sensitive they become to the movement of the water – the movement of the fish – the… Continue Reading “What Is My Fishing Practice? Am I Faithful to My Spiritual Practice?”
Our Responsibility to this House of Prayer in which we dwell
In today’s Gospel passage from Luke we read: Jesus entered the temple area and proceeded to drive out those who were selling things, saying to them, “It is written, My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves.” Isn’t all of… Continue Reading “Our Responsibility to this House of Prayer in which we dwell”
The Feast of St. Albert the Great
Today is the feast of a Dominican saint, St. Albert the Great. He was born sometime around the year 1200, and died in Cologne in 1280. His teachings that stretched the Church of his time to look beyond the confines of a Christian milieu… Continue Reading “The Feast of St. Albert the Great”
Joining Worthy Women – Reaching out their Hands to the Hungry
The first reading today, on the Thirty-third Sunday of Ordinary Time talks about a worthy wife. Obviously sisters and nuns are not wives. And in the days that the Book of Proverbs there weren’t nuns or sisters, so our lives could not be imagined.… Continue Reading “Joining Worthy Women – Reaching out their Hands to the Hungry”
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