OPERATION RICE BOWL ...by Sr. Julian
At our recent chapter meeting (where the community comes together to discuss all kinds of issues), the community talked about how we might engage in the season of Lent. Of course, there are always individual and personal decisions about how to live Lent. We also make a daily effort to be mindful of the season of Lent. We try to be a little more quiet and have a little more spaciousness to be with God.
Still Being Amazed ...by Sr. Monika
At age seventy, you might think I've seen all there is to see on our monastic grounds. I know the trees and shrubs and most of the wildflowers. I know about birds, especially the ones who visit our grounds. So, can you imagine my surprise at finding a fallen, old branch covered in what looked like bright white feathers? "Who threw their duster into the rocks in front of our Spirituality Center?" I said to myself.
My Psalm ...by Sr. Paz
Last year for the Priory Spirituality Center's Prayer Practices Certificate program, I prepared the topic “About Psalms. ” One question that came to my mind was, why are we singing and reciting the same psalms to God from more than two millennia ago over and over again? Our current understanding of the Universe and the whole of God’s creation is so different. Can we create new psalms? My relationship with God is more intimate.
