Catholic Benedictine Sisters of St. Mary Monastery, Rock Island, Ill., blog with inquirers discerning their religious calling to monastic life.
Posted in prayer, spirituality on Nov 22nd, 2010
Every Thanksgiving I pray/read the following poem written by a friend and co-worker at Lutheran Social Services. We were both working with difficult cases, she with children of abuse. She was tall, slim, with beautiful laughing, blue eyes and short cropped natural curly hair.
Posted in Benedictine Prayer, spirituality on Nov 12th, 2010
This morning the sunrise was a blaze of beauty. It brought to mind the prayer of the psalmist: “At dawn I hold myself in readiness for You.”
Posted in spirituality on Sep 12th, 2008
This comes from Brother David Standl Rast, OSB: Gestures that help you show gratitude: 1. Say one word today that gives a fearful person courage. 2. Calmly hold someone’s hand today and spread calm. 3. Look a stranger in the eyes today and realize that there are no strangers. 4. Give someone an unexpected smile [...]