compelling quotations
Spiritual GPS
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007Great article from Zenit. I love the image of lectio divina as “spiritual GPS” … what has been your experience with reading Scripture? How does Scripture help you pray and navigate life?
“Lectio Divina” Seen as a Compass and Spiritual GPS
Site on Meditation of Scripture Aims to Attract Youth
By Miriam Díez i Bosch
ROME, DEC. 18, 2007 […]
Ice and Snow, Bless the Lord
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007It’s SNOWING! I’m terribly excited about the snow … we had a little bit on Saturday (I was bike riding as the snow began to fall — see post-ride photo) but last night it really came down. I absolutely love the snow.
When we were kids my parents would take us kids tobogganning at the local park […]
All Souls Day 2007
Friday, November 2nd, 2007One of my favorite poems …
Billy Collins, “The Dead”
The dead are always looking down on us, they say,
while we are putting on our shoes or making a sandwich,
they are looking down through the glass-bottom boats of heaven
as they row themselves slowly through eternity.
They watch the tops of our heads moving below on earth,
and when we […]
All Saints Day 2007
Thursday, November 1st, 2007One of my favorite saint quotes …
“For to be a Saint is to be myself.”
—Thomas Merton, Trappist monk of the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani
What is one of your favorite saint quotes?
Returning to Our Foundation
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007Yesterday I listened to the broadcast of the conversation between Sister Marie Pappas, CR, and myself on the “Pathways to Learning” program on Sirius Radio’s The Catholic Channel #159. Strange to listen to oneself. Never quite sounds like yourself.
During the program we talked about what was happening in religious life around the time of the […]
