“Quid est veritas?” (John 18:38). These are the iconic words of Pontius Pilate, meaning “What is truth?”.

Have you heard the expression, “Like a broken record”? You know, the kind that keeps repeating on the turntable, echoing over and over again the same “tiresome” thing? (Boy have I dated myself!)

“He who has ears to hear, ought to listen” Rule of Benedict (RB). Isn’t that true? But try as I might, speaking my mind always seems to be easier. Or just speaking in general.

“To have courage for whatever comes in life: everything lies in that.”—St. Teresa of Avila

A wise monk I know once said that God imprinted on the universe something so beautiful that we can’t even give names to it.

Eucharist—a meditation. Think of what Eucharist is, the very Body and Blood of Jesus Himself.

‘Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?’

Our RCIA’ers: We are coming to the end of the Easter season. We celebrate the Feast of the Ascension this Sunday, and in a week, on the Feast of Pentecost, our new Catholics will enter the Church, finally making their sacraments as they should have at the Easter Vigil.

Lectio on Life: Lectio divina is using scripture to pray. And when we do this, we enter into a direct conversation with Jesus.

What the heck just happened? We went from our normal lives to a pandemic nightmare! Unemployment was down, things seemed to be humming, and then a virus knocked the world to it’s knees.