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FINDING LOST FRIENDS AT EASTER
During the last weeks of Lent I finished: Pilgrimage & Exile:Mother Marianne of Moloka’i . It is a massive work of almost 500 pages, with at time, minute details that may seem to bog down the...
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BENEDICTINE WONDER- AN EXAMPLE OF MERCY
On MERCY SUNDAY I present a little known saint, who is a great example of Our Holy Father's insistence on care of the poor, the wretched, the handicapped, etc. One wonders what would have happened to...
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SNAILS in PARADISE
"The hero of this story enters . . . well . . . rather slowly. It doesn't don a cape or sport a lightening bolt on its chest, but its effects are monumental. The actions of this tiny mollusk become...
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PNW CYCLONES - CONFUSING TERMS
Approaching cyclone A few weeks ago when some workmen were visiting, they asked me about an area in our woods with new growth trees. I explained that 15 years ago we had aCYCLONE that tore through 15...
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ANOTHER SAINT FOR KALAUPAPA?
VarezSERVANT of GOD JOSEPH DUTTONcould be another new England saint one day.He was born Ira Barnes Dutton in Stowe, Vermont, son of Ezra Dutton and Abigail Barnes. He carried out his studies at...
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THE GOOD SHEPHERD IS ALWAYS WITH US
David Popiashvili (Dem. Republic of Georgia)Sunday is one of my favorite Sundays of the year. I am always reminded what it is to be shepherdess to the sheep entrusted to me.As I get older, I still love...
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EVEN THE VIRGIN MARY KNITTED
I always like to present people who are generous to us and this woman is no exception. A few weeks ago we had a knitting retreat here for the morning from San JuanIsland. They came to see the lambs,...
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LISTENING TO THE WORD
For Good Shepherd Sunday I posted an image by an artist whose work I think merits recognition because of its uniqueness, spirituality and timelessness. I emailed him and asked him if I could do a Blog...
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FRIENDS of OUR LADY
We never know who the Lord will let us cross paths with, but I am sure that this woman was meant to be in my life. Some people when you meet, you feel as if you have known them most of your life. And...
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HOLY LAY BENEDICTINE
I often tell lay people that we are all called to sanctity. So many people feel that they have to have a vocation to the religious life in order to be a saint. But the Church- the world- needs holy lay...
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MARY IN MAY
P. Maurus, OSBThe month of May is dedicated to Our Blessed Lady, QUEEN of the MAY. It is the time specially given to her in tribute of faith and love. During this month we offer up to Mary fervent and...
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STAY WITH US LORD!
Ascension- Peju Alatise- NigeriaDown in the realm of darknessHe lay a captive bound,but at the hour appointedHe rose a victor crowned,and now to heaven ascended,He sits upon the thronein glorious...
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MOTHER'S DAY BLESSINGS
Even He that died for us upon the cross, in the last hour, in the unutterable agony of death, was mindful of His mother, as if to teach us that this holy love should be our last worldly thought - the...
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MOTHER'S INTERVIEW IN THE SPIRIT
Mother Catarina (Rt) with Mother RuthSometimes when we live so close in Community, and things get hectic, we are not aware of what is happening outside, even when it involves one of our own.As we...
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ONE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
R.M. Prioress & Father Vincent with MaronitesLast week we were graced with threeMARONITE monks celebrating their most wonderful liturgy with us. They are in the process of establishing a monastery...
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COME HOLY SPIRIT
Egino Weinert, CologneFor as the Apostles' story testifies: "while the days of PENTECOST were fulfilled and all the disciples were together in the same place, there occurred suddenly from heaven a...
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WOMAN OF UNCOMMON MERCY
One never knows what one will find in the news, especially when the story is as far away as England, but started in the small town of Bethlehem, CT where our Mother Abbey is.As a young novice I can...
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A MESSAGE OF LOVE
This week we have seminarians here on retreat before their ordination to the deaconate. Father V. is basing the retreat on a wonderful book MAURICE & THERESE by New York Auxiliary Bishop Patrick...
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REDEMPTION AND LIGHT
St. John Paul II with the MagiWe are closely connected to a Knights of Columbus Council north of us. They are responsible for the group of youth that come every year to help with haying, building etc....
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ANOTHER NEW BENEDICTINE SAINT
One of the things that strikes me when I look for new saints to write about, is that so many lived during my lifetime. I ask myself, how old was I and where was I during this saint's lifetime?Another...
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