A Time to Choose

All over the country, the airwaves are inundated with ads, sound bites, and newscasts.  Whether it’s on the television, over the phone, on radio, or through loudspeakers at a gathering, we are asked to make a choice.  It’s that time again, when we prepare ourselves to make choices that will affect our...

30 Seconds Can Make a Difference!

The story I am about to share with you occurred to me about a year ago, but it is still something that comes to my mind every now and again. I decided to go through the McDonald’s drive through for lunch. Of course there was a line of cars being that it was just after noon. Eventually, I got to the...

Why does it have to end?

As this Christmas season winds down, am I left with one question: Why does it have to end?  Yes, it can be hectic and tiresome at times as we venture out to the malls in search of a parking space, so we can go inside and find the perfect gifts for those on our lists.  Next, we go to the grocery store...

Benedictine Spirituality from a Lay Person: Conclusion (part 7 of 7)

  “Obedience … living within and on the basis of God’s word… as the right way to worship God…. prayer, the self-opening of the human spirit to God, is true worship” (Jesus of Nazareth, part two, p.233).  Chastity is more than a way of life; it is respect of that [chaste] life. Poverty: Do...

Benedictine Spirituality from a lay person: Conversatio (part 6 of 7)

There is no definitive interpretation of the meaning of “Conversatio,” but one that stood out and had the greatest impact for me concerns the daily acceptance of our human condition: We are human; we are not perfect; we make mistakes; we will at times fail.  As someone who knows me best will...

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