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ADVENT MEDITATION: Room for Christ, by Dorothy Day
It is no use saying that we are born two thousand years too late to give room to Christ. Nor will those who live at the end of the world have been born too late. Christ is always with us, always...
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LENT: Monday of the First Week in Lent, by Henri J. M. Nouwen
From Show Me The Way Then the king will say to those on his right hand, “Come, you whom my father has blessed, take as your heritage the kingdom prepared for you since the foundation of the world. For...
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HOME: Hospitality And Service, by Pope Francis
Address to the Missionaries of the Homeless Shelter Dono di Maria, 21 May 2013 When we say “home,” we mean a place of hospitality, a dwelling, a pleasant human environment where one stays readily,...
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HOSPITALITY: The Guest As Christ, by Dennis Okholm
From Monk Habits for Everyday People When Benedict gets around to discussing different ways in which the monastery and the world meet, one of the important topics with which he deals is the reception...
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POETRY: A Minor Bird, by Robert Frost
I have wished a bird would fly away, And not sing by my house all day; Have clapped my hands at him from the door When it seemed as if I could bear no more. The fault must partly have been in me. The...
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SERMON: God’s Hospitality To The World, by C. S. Song
I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the...
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SATURDAY READING: Bread And Mission, by Wolfgang Vondey
From People of Bread The multiplication of bread illustrates the central mission of the disciples of Jesus in the world. The distribution of bread embodies the emphasis of the Old Testament on...
View ArticlePOETRY: Making The House Ready For The Lord, by Mary Oliver
Dear Lord, I have swept and I have washed but still nothing is as shining as it should be for you. Under the sink, for example, is an uproar of mice—it is the season of their many children. What shall...
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