Notes Near and Far by Patrick Stewart
MH Missouri Greetings from Our Lady’s home in the Ozarks. By God’s grace, we are prospering the work of the Lord in our simple and quite...
25
May
I Know You are— by Réjeanne George
I know You are because Your finger has traced a pattern in my life. I know You are because of unbelievable fleeting moments of Presence. I know You are because of a...
I Hate Sin by Fr. Kieran Kilcommons
I hate sin. This emotion is a recent one. I really hate sin. What has precipitated this vehement movement in my heart? I hate it that...
20
Apr
Combermere Diary by Susheila Horwitz
April, when winter has lost its deadening grip, its power melted away by the sun. April 2020, the time of Easter. In this part of the...
13
Apr
If You Spare My Life … Alec Bonacci
On Holy Thursday of 2012, I had my conversion; I didn’t know it was a holy day. It happened when I saw a doctor. I...
13
Apr
Notes Near and Far by Julie Coxe and by Renée Sylvain
Maryhouse Yukon by Julie Coxe After arriving here in September as the new local director, I spent my first three weeks going where Maureen Denis (the departing...
I Don’t Want to Play! by Fr. Bob Wild
They are like children squatting in the town squares, calling to their playmates, “We piped a tune but you did not dance! We sang you...
25
Mar
A Key to God’s Heart by Echo Lewis
Look toward Him and be radiant. Psalm 34 *** In the days of the Desert Fathers, the elderly Abba Zosima visited a monastery near the Jordan River....
Is She Coming by Veronica Dudych
dudych No, I don’t see her yet . . . Well, maybe later . . . I hope she’s all right; that money won’t last forever. Is she spending it...
Worth the Risk? by Cheryl Ann Smith
In the early hours of the morning in the emergency department of the hospital, I was shivering with shock. But when the hot and heavy...