by St Anthony | Jun 5, 2025 | Display On Reflections
I am fortunate to receive an issue of the Smithsonian magazine every month, courtesy of a gift subscription. (Thanks, Mom!) Each issue brings well-researched, well-written, and beautifully illustrated stories on a rich variety of topics that takes the reader on...
by St Anthony | May 29, 2025 | Display On Reflections
One of my favorite books is “Dandelion Wine” by Ray Bradbury. It is the story of a summer in the lives of Douglas Spaulding and John Huff, and relates all the adventures that two 12-year-old boys can create in a small Illinois town during the 1930’s. And now that...
by St Anthony | May 22, 2025 | Display On Reflections
“With the presence of great understanding and freedom in us, we can embrace hardships countless times without fear.” – Thich Nhat Hanh Around three in the morning, the massive evergreen branches, heavily laden with ice, began to fall. The ground shook with their...
by St Anthony | May 15, 2025 | Display On Reflections
We have a Pope! Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost born in Chicago, a midwesterner. According to the Vatican News in his biography, “The first Augustinian Pope, Leo XIV is the second Roman Pontiff – after Pope Francis – from the...
by St Anthony | May 8, 2025 | Display On Reflections
Mother’s Day was originated by Anna Javis of Philadelphia on May 12, 1907 in honor of her mother. In 1914 Woodrow Wilson made Mother’s Day a national holiday. The tradition has been celebrated ever since that beginning. Even though my mother died 27 years...
