It was hot that year. I remember one evening in particular. I had gone outside to sit and relax in the shade on the porch. I had an ice-cold lemonade on the table beside me and had just lowered myself into a comfortable chair. It was then that it happened. I saw him from a […]
Here is a Benedictine saint who appears in the Benedictine and Ignatius scramble. When I was young, I could have had a motto, “Play and Shirk.” I don’t think I knew the word shirk but it means get out of work and I did a lot of that. When I was considering who to choose
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The Our Father, Pattern of Prayer The Our Father is not only a wonderful prayer that we can pray every day of our lives. It is also a pattern of prayer that we can use as a meditation and a conversation with our Father. Here is an example: Our Father Since you are the Father
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I recently heard about a beautiful custom. In many Latin American countries, carpets of sawdust are created to celebrate religious feast days. They are placed in the streets of towns ahead of processions. Some of them contain religious imagery, while others are patterned like Turkish rugs or contain images of fruit and birds. Sometimes other
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What happened in the mind of Jesus’ friend that caused him to betray Jesus? He had an idea, an idea about what should happen and what Jesus should do. When it didn’t happen the way he wanted, his resentment poisoned his mind and heart. He couldn’t hear what Jesus was saying. Communication lines were broken.
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People You Might not have read about in the History Books Maria Gaetana Agnesi Do you have trouble with Math? Or are you good at it? Either way, you might enjoy hearing about Maria Gaetana Agnesi. Maria was born in the Italian city of Milan in 1718. She was very good at school. By the
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