by Sister Teresa Jackson There is a popular saying “eighty percent of success is showing up.” Regardless of whether that is true for life in general it is certainly true of Benedictine life. Life in a monastery consists of a lot of “showing up.” You show up for...
Just a SNAPSHOT Dollops of ruffled sunshine Mounted on sturdy green stems Wave to red vested robin Soaring past blue heaven’s hem. Slender blades of grass Nestle purple violets sweet One brilliant yellow button Multiplying as carpet neat Rushing, reaching,...
This Sunday, April 29, at 3 p.m. Sister Evangela Bossert will give a reading of her newly released book “The Golden Bean.” The collection includes poetry and a Benedictine fairy tale. “The Golden Bean” is published by Rosebud Paperbooks and emerged with the support of...
We will be reverencing Earth Day this Sunday with a reflection at 11:30 a.m. Mass by Sister Carol Ann Wassmuth, chair of the Care of the Land Committee and our forest manager. At 3 p.m. there will be a performance of “A Tribute to Native Culture” by the...
The acclaimed, 70-member Palouse Choral Society will perform music inspired by Native American culture in the chapel on Sunday, April 22, at 3:00 p.m. The centerpiece of the concert is “Song of the Salish Chief,” a piece commissioned for the Vancouver, BC, centennial,...
Readings: Romans 6:3-11, Psalm 118, and Mark 16:1-7 Happy Easter, everyone! What might that mean to say that to our fellow Christians? All of our readings for this Easter Vigil speak of newness of life, both for Jesus and as Paul proclaims, for us too: “just as...
As Archbishop Kurtz noted in his reflection on Holy Thursday, which we just heard, “Pope Francis has touched the Catholic imagination by humbly washing and kissing the feet of those he serves,” based on Jesus’ directive in the Gospel of John: “As I have done, so you...
Live in me as I live in you. John 15:4 If today you hear God’s voice, harden not your hearts. Psalm 95:8 Gertrude knew herself as God’s dwelling place. As she matured in this experience, she blossomed in justice and charity. Her graced understanding of the mystery of...
One of our core values is “healing hospitality.” Hospitality is an ancient Benedictine way of being, as found in Chapter 53 of the Rule of Benedict. In the Benedictine tradition, “All guests who present themselves are to be welcomed as Christ, for he himself will say:...
For bells are the voice of the church; They have tones that touch and search the hearts of young and old. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow With the exception of Good Friday and Holy Saturday (the two days before Easter Sunday), the bells of St. Gertrude’s ring out over...
