Lenten Meditation
February is full of feasts, and begins, too, a time for us to fast. One of the original meanings in the prehistoric Germanic language of the word fast was to “hold oneself to observance (https://www.etymonline.com/word/fast).…
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Oblates of St. Scholastica Monastery
by TERRY BAKER, GUEST WRITER In the age of fast paced technology, never-ending changes and stresses, of broken relationships and society’s constant clamor, there is a place of refuge. There is a place of quiet…
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year?
“The most wonderful time of the year” is often considered not so wonderful. Complaints abound about the commercialism of the season, all the while participating in it through ‘necessary’ attendance of office parties, neighbor and…
What is the Lesson of Thanksgiving?
What do we really mean when we say we are “thankful”, “grateful” , and “blessed”? “Have a blessed day,” rolls easily off the tongues of many these days. But has it, too, become just part…
What do you prefer?
On Aug. 11, 2023, the Today Show Senior Food Editor Emi Boscamp published an article on the rise of the popularity of the buffet. In the report, she quoted IBIS World Research Marketing Company as…
When Is the End Actually the Beginning? (Matthew 28:1-20)
The circle is a mathematical wonder. It is an object/shape that has no beginning nor end—except for the point on it in which we determine is the start or the finish. There are an infinite…