February 14, 2024 “By the sweat of your brow you shall eat bread, until you return to the ground, from which you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”— Genesis 3:19 For many years on Ash Wednesday, a cadre of seminarians gathered outside the...
February 13, 2024 As Once By Samantha M. Hann It’s okay to miss you,It’s okay to cry.Just know I’ll never forget you.This isn’t a permanent goodbye. Sometimes I sit and wonderIf you are standing by my side,Giving me the courageTo carry on with pride. I’ll hold onto...
February 12, 2024 “My life is one long daily, hourly record of answered prayer. For physical health, for mental overstrain, for guidance given marvelously, for errors and dangers averted, for enmity to the Gospel subdued, for food provided at the exact hour needed,...
February 11, 2024 “If there ever was a season designed to help us move through grief after a loved one’s death, that season would be Lent. Just like the stages of grief we all must go through, Lent involves a series of passages: from darkness to light, loss to gain,...
February 10, 2024 “High King of Heaven, my victory won,May I reach Heaven’s joys, O bright Heaven’s Sun!” “Be Thou My Vision” is a traditional Irish hymn based on a poem by Dallán Forgaill, a Christian poet born in 530. Since about 1919, it has been sung as a...
February 9, 2024 “Pretending to be happy when you’re alone is an example of how strong you are as a person….We are all so much together but we are all dying of loneliness.”– Albert Schweitzer Ann and her husband Cletus always sat in the first pew at church. They...
