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Lenten eMeditation – April 9, 2006 #40
The Psalm Sunday homily caused me to think a lot about peace today. I found myself thinking about the Peace Prayer attributed to Saint Frances. Praying this prayer is a good way for me to begin Holy Week. So, I pray “O Lord, make me an instrument of Thy Peace! Where there is hatred, let […]
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Lenten eMeditation – April 8, 2006 #39
Standing on the cusp of Holy Week I wonder, am I ready to celebrate Holy Week? Like the athlete waiting to take the field for the big game I question, has my training been strenuous enough? Was my work focused enough? I fear I am not prepared. I resist even writing those words because I […]
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Lenten eMeditation – April 7, 2006 #38
Of all the lessons of Lent the lesson of detachment is the hardest for me to learn. Detachment is challenging to accept and integrate into my life. My Lenten practice continues to show me how attached I am to the stuff in my life. I’m attached to my possessions, my thoughts, my religion, my judgments, […]
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Lenten eMeditation – April 4, 2006 #35
It is such a beautiful day today. The temperature is pushing the upper 60s and the sun is warming the earth. Spring flowers have broken ground and are reaching for the sky. I know people throughout the country have experienced the dark side of spring with sever spring storms. Nevertheless, in our part of Nebraska […]
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Celebrating the North Platte Catholic Offices
We celebrated the opening of the North Platte Catholic Office building yesterday with an open house. During the open house Bishop Dendinger blessed the offices, the artists and the mural they created. Since our open house and the unvailing of the mural is now past I feel free to post a picture of the mural […]