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On Holiday
Off participating in the communion of saints and on a personal pilgrimage. No Saint of the month this Month or Monday Minute, please visit the archives. Thanks for being here, see you next week!
Monday Minute # 13
The first donation made is to The Episcopal Church, with the designation toward Absalum Jones (2018 Saint of the month). This will not repeat what has already been said in the blog about his continued faith in action. This is part of being in the Communion of Saints, to continue the work in whatever way …
February 2019 Saint of the Month
“Mark 10:13-16 Jesus Blesses Little Children People were bringing little children to him in order that he might touch them; and the disciples spoke sternly to them. But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, ‘Let the little children come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs. Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it.’ And he took them up in his arms, laid his hands on them, and blessed them.”...
Monday Minute Pause
This week we are pausing the Monday Minute to bring awareness to an announcement from The Presiding Bishop Micheal Curry. The Good Book Club is a study for epiphany and begins this Wednesday, January 9. If you are in Virginia, he will be here in Roanoke at the end of the month. Peace be with …
December 2018, Saint of the Month
The Coca-Cola chugging, cookie noshing, fat old jolly Saint Nick of today, is different than the Saint Nicholas, from which so much of the folklore arrives to us today....
Monday Minute 2
Breathing in and breathing out we connect outside of ourselves with each breath. This is a way we can offer self care, while also opening the opportunity of giving life outside of ourselves with our breath. Over the next week, during one of the reminders to breathe, think of someone or a community who could …
Monday Minute 1
One thing that is mentioned most often for spiritual disciples, whether in Christianity, Wiccan, Buddhism or where ever, is to have time to ones self. This time can be spent in meditation and/or prayer. This is a habit that is most often mentioned in Canonized Saints and Holy People. Although it can feel intimidating to …
May Musing
... Spiritual Direction can be like baking a cake. ...
May Saint of the Month Saint Damien of Molokai
Saint Damien of Molokai, was born in Belgium and given the name Jozef De Veuster. After joining The Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, in 1860, he took the name Damien after Saint Damian a martyr from the sixth century. Initially he was not selected to go to the colony in Kalupapa, Hawaii, but volunteered after his brother had fallen ill.
