Abbey Caskets Blog
- 4-24-2013
Talking About End-of-Life Decisions With Your Parent
When we were children and adolescents, our parents had the challenging responsibility of talking with us about difficult topics. Teaching us the facts of life, guiding us to choose good friends, and cautioning us about smoking and drug use were never easy discussions to have. Raising these topics was doubly hard for our parents because Continue Reading
- 4-4-2013
Reverence: The Image of God Respected
Excerpted from "Kindred Spirits" written by Archabbot Justin DuVall, OSB “The younger monks must respect their seniors, and the seniors must love their juniors.” —The Rule of St. Benedict, Ch. 63 The monastery cemetery is a place of order. Four quadrants of seven rows each; nice neat rows of markers, each bearing a name and Continue Reading
- 3-8-2013
Francis of Assisi Embracing "Sister Death" With Hope
Birth and death provide the bookends on our lives. Yet we live in a culture that often fails to recognize death as an integral part of life. We can become so focused on the obvious negative aspects of death—separation from loved ones, the perceived darkness of death, fear that death’s approach will be unbearably painful, Continue Reading
- 2-7-2013
Dignity: The Image of God Acknowledged
Excerpted from "Kindred Spirits" written by Archabbot Justin DuVall, OSB “Care of the sick must rank above and before all else, so that they may truly be served as Christ …” —The Rule of St. Benedict, Ch. 36 Among the scenes painted on the east wall of the Chapter Room at Saint Meinrad Archabbey is Continue Reading
- 1-4-2013
Giving Your Worries to God
“I can’t. God can. I think I’ll let God.” I came upon those words at the bottom of the last pile of psychology and religion and self-help books I was going to consult. I came upon them behind the door of the last doctor’s office I could force myself to visit. I came upon them Continue Reading