Welcoming Spring in a Pained World

Friends and fellow travelers,

Greetings to you at this unfolding of Spring here from MN. The snow is melting, moist air blows over the ice, melt water streams down the paths into puddles, and Hannah got new rain boots to jump right in :-)

How greatly have we been waiting for Spring! After these years of isolation and cloistering at home, Spring comes and yet we arrive at another catastrophe unfolding in Europe scaring the whole world that helplessly watches.

“So how are you dealing with the news from Europe?” concerned neighbors are asking when we meet at our outings walking the neighborhood which is awakening from its winter sleep.

“Cursing psalms” is our brief answer, and then for those who look puzzled, “cursing psalms and living each moment…” Both keep us alive.

When monastic communities meet for their daily prayers they pray through the psalms, all the psalms, at least every month. Thus, they are familiar with the different modes and moods of the psalms. And they know there is a time …