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BIRDS BEFORE THE SNOW FLEW IN
Red breasted sapsuckerLast week we mentioned that Feb. 12-15 was the International (GBBC) Great Backyard Bird Count. How we looked forward to...
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MARCHING IN HABIT
We don’t often hear of religious who are Black, and especially those who marched alongside Martin Luther King, Jr. in Selma-in full habit.SISTER MARY ANTONA EBOwas an American hospital administrator,...
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ANOTHER POEM FOR SPRING
For a Musician Who Does Not Hear the Silences I heard the forest grow this morning And supposed you would have suffered it as silence....
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"GOD IN NEED"
Before I entered the Abbey, I lived in Germany, starting in Cologne (Koln) where I attended the art school. I stayed in a large house run by sisters for working women. I could see the great...
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MAN OF SORROWS
The Pensive Christ which we saw in our last Blog has a similar depiction in MAN OF SORROWS(the Latin term Christus dolens ("suffering Christ"), a biblical term, is paramount among the prefigurations...
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SMALLNESS
Here I am, Cradling the future in my hands, Not as though I were responsible,...
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JESUS IN THE WINEPRESS
CHRIST in the WINEPRESS (or the mystical winepress) is a motif in Christian iconography showing Christ standing in a winepress, where Jesus Himself becomes the grapes in the press. It derives from...
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MOTHERING SUNDAY- LET US REJOICE
Tomorrow is LAETARE SUNDAY, which is a day of celebration, within the austere period of Lent. This Sunday gets its name from the first few words of the traditional Latin entrance (Introit) for the...
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WOMEN HEROINES
This is Women’s History Month, and while it is great to note women of the past who have influenced who we are today, it is also imperative that we note women who are today making a difference in the...
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HONORING POETS
Today is WORLD POETRY DAY declared by in 1999, "with the aim of supporting linguistic diversity through poetic expression and increasing the opportunity for endangered languages to be heard". Its...
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THE VERONICA
The VEIL of VERONICA, or Sudarium (Latin for sweat-cloth), also known as the Veronica, is a Christian relic consisting of a piece of cloth said to bear an image of the Holy Face of Jesus produced by...
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ENTRANCE INTO HOLY WEEK
Solomon Raj- India Jesus traveled to Jerusalemknowing that this journey would end in His sacrificial death on the cross. As He...
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MARY'S SWORD
Jesus, on the way to His crucifixion, and in the midst of great pain, encounters His Mother. Mary must have remembered the words spoken to her: "and you yourself a sword will pierce." Jen Norton's...
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THE MUSIC OF WORDS
Good Friday this year happens to also be International Children's Book Day (ICBD), which is a yearly event sponsored by the International Board on Books for Young People. Founded in 1967, the day is...
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PIETA
When most of us hear the word PIETA, we think of Michelangelo’s famous image in St. Peter’s Basicila at the Vatican. It is perhaps one of the most beautiful works of art I encountered in my two years...
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CHRIST ON THE CROSS
A crucifix (from Latin crucifixus meaning "(one) fixed to a cross") is an image of Jesus on the cross, as distinct from a bare cross. The representation of Jesus himself on the cross is referred to in...
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THE MYRRAHBEARERS
Viktoryia Kulvanouskaya- Belarus 1997A Resurrection mystery we really do not celebrate in our Western tradition is that of theMYRRAHBEARERS. In the...
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THE GARDENER OF OUR HEARTS
Br. Mickey McGrath, OSFSA favorite theme for the Easter season throughout the...
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