I’m still in a retreat after-glow that has me only half attending to the world around me, and I am still pushing politics away in the manner of a King’s daughter being offered boiled tripe: “- ewww, away with that!” But this piece by Andrew Klavan floated across my email and by the second paragraph I wished I’d written it. It needs a deft touch, though, and can’t you just see the movie version? …the logic of this moment was... Read more
Got directed to a very interesting story thanks to this tweet, involving our beloved Mystic Monk Coffee Guys, the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming. Seems the monks found new funding to buy the land they hope to turn into their New Mt. Carmel, and here is where the story gets interesting as Julia Duin writes… …There’s a patch of land 21 miles from Cody and not far from Yellowstone National Park known as Irma Lake. It’s got great views of the... Read more
No, I don’t mean to tease you, really I don’t. I can’t wait to tell you about my retreat. But you know, sometimes a thing is so incredible that it is hard to put into words; needs processing for a bit, and besides, I got a spider bite that triggered a surprising allergic reaction (and I am the least allergic of girls…) well it’s all a bit jumbled, still… But I wanted to tell you about these two books, because... Read more
Hi folks, back from retreat, and I have a lot to share – highs and lows and all in between, plus two books that, when read back-to-back pack a substantial intellectual and spiritual wallop…but must wait until later to write. Thanks for checking in with me while I was gone and I hope you didn’t mind the reposts, too terribly. My email is terribly backed up, of course, but things will be back to normal, soon…well, not normal. It will... Read more
I am on monastic retreat until the weekend, and have scheduled two reposts each day of pieces that some may not have read before. Comments will be off until I return. You might like peeking into last year’s Online Retreat * * * This was part of that retreat, “PLANNING BRINGS CHANGE” Last Advent, at one Sunday Mass, the gospel reading was from Matthew 3:12 In those days John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the desert of Judea (and) saying,... Read more
I am on monastic retreat until the weekend, and have scheduled two reposts each day of pieces that some may not have read before. Comments will be off until I return. You might like peeking into last year’s Online Retreat This post was part of that retreat * * * Today is the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, one of the most contentious bits of Catholic teaching among their non-Catholic brethren. This morning’s meditation – a... Read more
I am on monastic retreat until the weekend, and have scheduled two reposts each day of pieces that some may not have read before. Comments will be off until I return. You might like peeking into last year’s Online Retreat * * * Hey, $13 dollars is $13, I guess. In January that falls to $8. Here is our 800 billion dollar stimulus mostly-spending bill we must see passed, and we must gratefully accept as the only possible solution to... Read more
I am on monastic retreat until the weekend, and have scheduled two reposts each day of pieces that some may not have read before. Comments will be off until I return. You might like peeking into last year’s Online Retreat * * * From April, 2009: AMUSING HUSBAND My husband came home from work today at 5 P.M. This is something he has not done in our 26.5 years together, so understandably, I was concerned; he immediately began rummaging the... Read more
I am on monastic retreat until the weekend, and have scheduled two reposts each day of pieces that some may not have read before. Comments will be off until I return. You might like peeking into last year’s Online Retreat * * * This piece was originally part of that retreat and the 3PM “Wonder” hour, for this date, too. The Shroud of Turin is a most interesting artifact. Whether or not it is indeed the burial cloth of Jesus... Read more
I am on monastic retreat until the weekend, and have scheduled two reposts each day of pieces that some may not have read before. Comments will be off until I return. You might like peeking into last year’s Online Retreat * * * Originally posted April 2008 for Pajamas Media: BENEDICT, THE SHEPHERD WHO IS LED [Jesus] said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was distressed that he had said to him... Read more
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