During a recent April weekend our community held its election for prioress. This occurs every 4 years. These elections are different from any you are likely familiar with. For a wonderfully helpful description, read Sr. Christa’s blog post on the election, “A Choice Made Together.” For me this current election was an exercise in living Read more »
Easter, the resurrection narrative is the epitome of the joy-filled experience! Lately, I’ve enjoyed doing some life-review and thinking about the times that I’ve experienced joy. Joy can be described as a deep internal experience of peace that many times accompanies a hardship that one carries. It feels good, often simple, yet is deep and Read more »
Recently we celebrated Earth Day on April 22nd. The first Earth Day occurred back in 1970 and inspired millions of Americans to take to the streets and demand that our government protect the planet from pollution. Earth Day asks us to “love our planet, protect our future”. To reduce, reuse and recycle. It says that “together Read more »
Sister Kathleen Ryan was born on December 12, 1937 to Patrick and Margaret (Fleissner) Ryan and given the name Kathleen Marie. Kathleen was the oldest of seven, five sisters and one brother. Her sister Patricia died in 2003. The Ryan family were members of St. Henry Parish. Kathleen was educated for twelve years there. After Read more »
It’s time for election. There are no politics. No red and blue states. No nasty comments online or in the paper. No daily polling to guess which way it will go. No plans to move to Canada. It’s time to elect a prioress of the Benedictine Sisters of Covington. Long before that time, a sister-facilitator Read more »
Let us sing with all the people as we enter Holy Week: Glory and honor and praise be to you, Christ, King and Redeemer, to whom young children cried out loving Hosannas with joy. Israel’s King are you, King David’s magnificent offspring; you are the Read more »
It is time to review our Lenten practices. Perhaps we have chosen something that did not serve its original purpose. A friend passed the following to me. She had unearthed it from her treasure box. There was no identification as to its original source. I made a choice to send this out anyway. I hope Read more »
As a young adult I became a fan of Rainer Maria Rilke’s writing after reading “Letters to a Young Poet.” Rilke’s words have come back to me again and again as I’ve navigated life. Recently I was sitting with the following passage: “Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to Read more »
1. Jesus’ Agony in the Garden — Decision to migrate Loving God, be with the people of the world who are struggling with the decision to leave home in order to save their lives and the lives of their families. Support them as they step onto the unknown pathway. Comfort their loved ones and give Read more »
Toward the end of Jan. I had the opportunity to make a 1-day Zoom retreat on God in the Cosmos. It explored the wondrous compatibility of the visions of Hildegard of Bingen, an 11th century Benedictine mystic, the explorations of Teilhard de Chardin, a 20th century Jesuit physicist, and the 21st century astronomical findings of Read more »