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February 2011

February 24, 2011

Pilgrim, Ora et Labora; the Fountain of Youth?

Look at this 103 year-old Catholic Sister, Sr. Cecilia Adorni, as she dances a remarkably...

February 02, 2011

"If you can keep your head…" UPDATED

There is a poem by Rudyard Kipling - I'm sure we all know it: If...

January 2011

January 29, 2011

The Idea of Praying Through Time

Pondering prayer, and the notion of praying through time, thanks to our Holy Father: We...

January 15, 2011

A Geek's Analogy to Prayer

Was talking to an IT fellow about internet access-issues and the sorts of big-and-small server...

January 12, 2011

Prayer Podcast: 7 Nights of Compline

Compline for Sunday Compline for Monday Compline for Tuesday Compline for Wednesday Compline for Thursday...

January 04, 2011

Surrender unto Surrender for Peace – UPDATED

I admit, my Tuesday column requires some patience. If you jump too quickly you're going...

December 2010

December 17, 2010

O Sapientia! (O Wisdom!)

As Pat Gohn's column so rightly pointed out yesterday, our Advent is like a pregnancy,...

December 10, 2010

"Are you a woman of God?" UPDATED

That's the question Sr. Lisa Doty got from a kid in trouble: “Yes, I am,”...

December 02, 2010

The Advent of the Bridegroom

I remember once discussing psalms with a nun and mentioning that one of my favorites...

November 2010

November 18, 2010

A Few Hours Off – UPDATE

15th-century Madonna Della Strada at Gesu One of our first stops in Rome was to...

November 06, 2010

The Fire of Pain and Pride

Take a moment to read Thomas L. McDonald's insightful and humble piece on how he...

October 2010

October 30, 2010

A Habit, A Bus Stop, A Community

The third entry in the Habit of Witness series over at Patheos is a tiny...

October 23, 2010

"Recognized as a House of Prayer"

Earlier this month, Sr. Mary Catharine of Jesus, OP shared some wonderful insights into the...

October 08, 2010

Unemployment Numbers & a Timely Meditation

The unemployment numbers are looking pretty dismal and bleak, aren't they? A while back, I...

September 2010

September 23, 2010

"They don't make 'em like that anymore…" UPDATED

Settling in for Evening Prayer at Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome Visiting Rome's splendid, often...

September 15, 2010

A Creche, B-16 & Your Opinion, Please

I tease you with a splendid picture (they get a little fuzzy with cropping/shrinking) from...

August 2010

August 30, 2010

May I Take Your Intentions with Me?

Source No more time for blogging, obviously, but as Rome draws near, I ask you...

August 28, 2010

Return to Bliss

Isn't this a great picture? Flowers in the Utah desert, after a rain. Even what...

August 06, 2010

A Benedictine Community Copes

Sr. Denise Mosier, OSB + 2010 This is so worth reading. In the midst of...

August 04, 2010

Was never much for tag…

But since Julie tagged Greg, I might as well play along... In no particular order:...

August 02, 2010

Rosary for Job-Seekers – UPDATED

UPDATE: I have written an expanded version of these rosary meditations for OSV; you can...

July 2010

July 29, 2010

This is True

An excellent thought on this particular feastday: Only by the power of grace can nature...

July 29, 2010

Prayer Works! Thank you!

A few weeks ago, I put in an urgent prayer request made by Elder Son's...

July 15, 2010

Hitchens and the Subversive Liberty of Prayer

Over at Hot Air, yesterday's quotes of the day were all about the oddly controversial...

July 13, 2010

The Patina of Prayer – UPDATED

Source City churches are sometimes quiet and peaceful solitudes, caves of silence where a man...

July 10, 2010

The Hitchens/Prayer Debate

It seems the New York Times has noticed the debate as to whether people of...

July 07, 2010

Does this Scripture Verse Trouble You?

Dr. Mark D. Roberts recently wrote about Psalm 137:9, a verse which he said makes...

July 01, 2010

Lectio

The Psalm-prayer from the third psalm of Lauds (Morning Prayer) spoke to me, today, and...

July 01, 2010

Hitchens' Challenge – UPDATED

I've been feeling called to pray for him over the past few months, on and...

June 2010

June 22, 2010

"I cannot mistrust the grace of God." – UPDATED

Today brings us the feasts of three great saints, a bishop, Paulinus of Nola, and...