December 17, 2025 O come, O Wisdom from on high,who ordered all things mightily;to us the path of knowledge showand teach us in its ways to go. This last week before Christmas Day has always been mystical to me, a thin place of sorts, where we move willingly or not toward the Winter Solstice, theContinueContinue reading “Advent’s O Antiphons: Wisdom”
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Saturday of Holy Week ~ Silence
April 19, 2025 For years now, every Saturday before Easter Sunday, the final words of Prince Hamlet as he lay dying come to me: “The rest is silence.” In regard to Holy Week, the false conviction, illegal trial, and immoral death sentence of an innocent man are over. And so we wait . . .ContinueContinue reading “Saturday of Holy Week ~ Silence”
Advent 2024: Shine
Advent Day 14, December 14, 2024 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.” Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. (Luke 1: 28-29) “But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord shouldContinueContinue reading “Advent 2024: Shine”
Advent 2024: Love and Light
Advent Day 7, December 7, 2024 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. (Genesis 1: 3-4) You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. (1ContinueContinue reading “Advent 2024: Love and Light”
Lenten Day Thirty-nine: Crucifixion
A poem by Hayden Carruth
Lenten Day Thirty-six: Jesus of Nazareth
The importance of perseverance when we stumble on our path.
Lenten Day Thirty-five: Henri Nouwen
On this Monday of Holy Week, suffering is an appropriate theme as we move toward the cross of Good Friday.
Lenten Sabbath Five: Palm Sunday
He has walked his entire life to fulfill his ministry, and now his last steps will take him to the cross. But not yet. First, we wave our palm branches and shout “Hosanna!”.
Lenten Sabbath Four
March 10, 2024 Taking a break from Lenten meditations on this “mini-Resurrection” day as we await Easter Sunday, let’s breathe in Sabbath together. Blessings ~ Rosemary Wood Walking The end of January, the weight of pandemic and politics as heavyas blizzard snow, I take to the woods,down an empty pathmade by sojourners before me.The sky,ContinueContinue reading “Lenten Sabbath Four”
Lenten Day Twenty: Jesus of Nazareth
March 4, 2024 “Take up your cross and follow me.” Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 16:24 On this twentieth day of Lent, halfway through the Lenten season, this invitation from Jesus to his followers feels appropriate. I admit, though, that this quotation is not in my collection or stuck on anything anywhere in my house. ItContinueContinue reading “Lenten Day Twenty: Jesus of Nazareth”
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