Pacem in Terris: Anchoress Comboxes Closed for Lent
What I am already discovering in this first day of Lent is that I am being drawn out, into the desert. The first word in the Holy Rule of Saint Benedict is “Listen” and I am being asked to rediscover...
View ArticleFor Post-Christmas: Unwrap a Bit of Silence
The silence of which we sing so wistfully at Midnight Mass, is at an all-time premium at Christmas; it is so difficult to find a silent night, let alone sit within one and become immersed in it, that...
View ArticleChasing Grace
My fraternal grandmother — a woman from Naples from whom I inherited the round shape but not, thankfully, the mustache –was, I am told, a “healer” to whom neighbors would come for hand-on release of...
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