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I came across this prayer several years ago and have posted it many times in the past. I share it again because I find wisdom in it for this Lenten season. After you read through it and perhaps pray through … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Lent
Well, yes it can! It’s no use saying Epiphany was too short this year or I’m not ready for Lent. It is happening. And I am disappointed! Last year during Lent I sent out an email each day that used … Continue reading
Last week I mentioned I was putting together a Lenten mailing list to offer a practice that incorporated readings from Dietrich Bonhoeffer and realized I assumed “everyone” knew who Bonhoeffer was. If that is not the case for some, let … Continue reading
The Mardi Gras parades are well underway here in Mobile, Alabama, so Mardi Gras Day and Ash Wednesday will soon be upon us. I’ve been thinking about Ash Wednesday and Lent for several weeks and wondering if there was a … Continue reading
I saw the season was coming to a close the other day when I went to Walmart. I guess that shouldn’t surprise me much. After all, isn’t Walmart a good indicator of the cultural climate? But, aside from that, I … Continue reading
I really don’t want to say I’m a hoarder … can we say “pack rat”? Recently my wife and I were beginning to clean out a small storage building we have behind our house and she asked, “How many times … Continue reading
The other day I was reading an article from one of the religion news sources and read with interest a piece about current battles going on in one of the large christian denominations in the USA. It stepped through several … Continue reading
For the past several years during Lent I have shared in one place or another the following thoughts about our fasts and our feasts. I offer this once again and invite you to consider where you might embrace such fasting … Continue reading
Well, maybe it wasn’t so much Thomas Merton as it was the folk who edited together the talks on the audiobook. One of the audiobooks available at Hoopla I mentioned last week was Thomas Merton on Contemplation. I decided to … Continue reading
A few weeks ago I came across the audiobook 7 Days with Thomas Merton by Fr Donald Goergen, O.P. and was able to download it and over the course of several days listen to it. While at first Fr Goergen’s … Continue reading