Gestures of Love
April 18, 2025
“Today let us only think of God’s love” (Pope Francis, Homily for Holy Thursday, April 13, 2017). These words of Pope Francis reflect the underlying theme of the Holy Thursday
The unconscious drive to power can become an obstacle to our service and impact our relationships with distrust and suspicion. This reality happens not only in the political realm since it is part of our human make-up. Thus, it happens in all institutions, in our religious institutions and more specifically in our communities. We can […]
Chapter Talk – 30th Sunday of the Year – October 23, 2022, cycle-C In the gospel of today Jesus tells the story of two men who went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the upholder of the law, and the other a tax collector (Lk 18:9-14). The prayer of one is received […]
Chapter Talk – New Year’s Eve – December 31, 2021 The ‘new’ is already stirring, are we humble enough to perceive it inside and out? First in our immediate landscape, meaning within ourselves and within our sisters. Then the ‘new’ lingers well beyond us. The nature of God is love, which includes change, transformative change, […]
Year of Saint Joseph Year of the Family “Amoris Laetitia The Joy of Love” In other years: Saint Stephen, the first martyr Readings of the Day RB: Ch 68 The Assignment of Impossible Tasks Mass: Sirach 3:2-7, 12-14 or 1 Sam 1:20-22, 24-28; Resp Ps 128 or Resp Ps 84; Col 3:12-21 or 1 Jn 3:1-2, […]
Chapter Talk – 14th Sunday of the Year – July 5, 2020 – cycle-A “You have hidden these things from the wise and the learned, and have revealed them to the little ones,” says Jesus (Mt 11:25). Jesus is praising his abba for revealing the mysteries of God to the little ones, that is to […]
The Second Sunday of Advent opens with the cry of John the Baptist out of the wilderness: ‘Prepare the Way’. This cry is intended to pierce our hearts so that we may be ready for the new unfolding life of ‘the God who is to come’. As we live into the hope of God’s gift […]
“Today let us only think of God’s love” (Pope Francis, Homily for Holy Thursday, April 13, 2017). These words of Pope Francis reflect the underlying theme of the Holy Thursday
Monastery Lentils A popular Guest House recipe that is vegan, easy to make and packed with flavor. Recipe calls for dry herbs – but use fresh for extra flavor. Serve
On Palm Sunday we entered Jerusalem following Jesus into Jerusalem. Fr. Simeon Leiva, OCSO, in his homily to us, described Jesus intention in this way: Jesus goes ahead of his
