Sister Lisa Maurer – See the Light
Holy Week has begun. It is the busiest and holiest week of the Church Year. It is a week of highs and lows, of cheers and jeers, of crowds and loneliness, of saints and sinners. There is a bit of...
View ArticleALLELUIA! HE IS RISEN! Are we?
"Spring has sprung." You know it with your whole being. The earth has come alive and you feel its movement above you and below you. Even the birds in your back yard know it. Have you noticed . . .
View ArticleWhere Do You Find Jesus?
For me one of the most compelling characters of the Easter story is Mary Magdalene. I have always been drawn to the Easter morning story which recounts her discovery that Jesus’ body is missing....
View ArticleSister Ann Marie Wainright – The Transformed Life . . . In God’s Good Time
It’s springtime here at the Monastery…or at least it’s trying to be! Duluth weather and the “lake effect” say otherwise sometimes: springtime warmth in February, snow in March, and rain in April....
View ArticleSister Ann Marie Wainright – Bent Over Woman
...receive your cross, symbol of the life you are undertaking. ...
View ArticleSister Ann Marie Wainright – Of Trinkets and Treasures
Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said to him, “You are lacking in one thing. ..."
View ArticleSister Ann Marie Wainright – The Long Journey to the Stars
The flowers, the wheat that made the bread that became the Eucharist, the thirty hidden years of Jesus’ life that the Bible does not record – all these things have, at one time, been seeds in the black...
View ArticleWonder Wanderings
Taking “I wonder…” trips can be fun. They also reveal hidden surprises and evoke creative possibilities. For example, if we say, “I wonder what would happen if the arms race stopped tomorrow?” . . .
View ArticleSister Lisa Maurer – In God’s Good Time
Have you ever noticed that St. Matthew was not called to be a follower of Jesus with the rest of the group? Maybe it was because he was a tax collector and not a fisherman hanging out down by the...
View ArticleSister Pauline Micke, OSB – Reflection for the 2nd Sunday in Advent
Last week we heard from Jeremiah that God's Promise would be fulfilled. The Advent journey for the Jews and for us continues as we live and walk in the light of that Promise.But on this Second Sunday...
View ArticleSister Lisa Maurer – Marvelous Confusion
Marvelous confusion . . . this phrase caught my attention while reading Julian of Norwich. In her work entitled Showings she writes about the marvelous confusion that makes up our human life in a...
View ArticleSister Lisa Maurer – Game Changer
Those of you that know me are most likely thinking that this blog is going to be about Adrian Peterson breaking a long run for the Minnesota Vikings or Ricky Rubio’s return to the Minnesota...
View ArticleSister Lisa Maurer – A Season of Growing
We all know that the season of Lent is about conversion and change. We are called to turn away from sin and become more and more like Christ. In other words, we are called to grow. Many times in the...
View ArticleSister Ann Marie Wainright – Picking Up at the End of Lent
The crowds dispersed… The borrowed donkey on which Jesus rode into Jerusalem has been returned… The apostles get busy about preparing for the upcoming Passover….
View ArticleSister Lisa Maurer – The Astounding Gift
On Holy Thursday, the night before he died, the Lord Jesus made some startling changes in the Passover meal. Instead of the traditional Jewish table blessings . . .
View ArticleSister Lisa Maurer – Stillness and Solitude
Holy Saturday is a day of stillness and solitude.The songs of the joyous entry into Jerusalem are long forgotten.The actions at the Passover are but shadows. . . .
View ArticleSister Lisa Maurer – Fifty Days
The Easter Season is a grand season – so grand that it lasts fifty day! I trust that the celebration is so long and intentional because it takes a while for it all to sink-in. Even though I have...
View ArticleSister Lisa Maurer – Peace Be with You
According to the Gospels, after Jesus rose from the dead, the first thing He said when He appeared to the Apostles was, “Peace be with you.” Why were these the first words? What did He mean by this? ....
View ArticleSister Lisa Maurer – Gifts of the Holy Spirit
After Jesus ascended into heaven, the Holy Spirit was poured out upon the world. This outpouring of the Spirit was promised by Jesus at the Last Supper when he said, “And I will pray the Father, and...
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