Monthly Archives: June 2012

Time Traveler

Posted on June 28, 2012 by sonyasutton

I traveled recently to the year 1662.  And 1789.  But I’ve spent a lot of time in 2012 too. There is great beauty to be found in the connections we’re able to feel between our past and present as members … Continue reading →

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Life Fiesta

Posted on June 27, 2012 by deborahmeister

This Sunday, I was privileged to attend a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the ordination of a priest who serves in our church. It was a joyful and moving evening, a time of communal and personal thanksgiving. The Spanish-language … Continue reading →

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Snarky

Posted on June 26, 2012 by ronatstalbansdc

Except for the Tour de France, I never watch sporting events on TV, but once when my dad was visiting — he who could keep up with a  baseball game and a football game and a golf tournament all at … Continue reading →

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Don’t Lose Your Head, It’s Saint Alban’s Day!

Posted on June 22, 2012 by matthewhanisian

Every now and again there comes along in the rota of Saints’ Feast Days very special saints that I have had the pleasure of writing about here in the Daily Cup.  Wonder of wonders today is THE day for us … Continue reading →

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Loved

Posted on June 21, 2012 by sonyasutton

One of the things we know about the 17th century metaphysical poet George Herbert’s life is that he was loved as a child by a vivacious and learned mother in a house filled with music and ideas, and that when … Continue reading →

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Grace, Interrupting

Posted on June 20, 2012 by deborahmeister

This morning, as I was trying to pray my morning office, the phone rang. This was unusual, as people don’t often call me that early. I interrupted my prayers, in case it was my mother, but saw an unknown D.C. … Continue reading →

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Insight

Posted on June 19, 2012 by ronatstalbansdc

Many years ago when I was on staff at the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, I was working on the reorganization of Senate committees.  A few people from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress were … Continue reading →

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Your answer is ready.

Posted on June 18, 2012 by stalbansparish

You know that old story about the frog in the pot of boiling water?  The idea that if one dropped a frog into a boiling pot the frog would jump right out again.  But if one put a frog in … Continue reading →

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Less Merely Individual, More Truly Personal

Posted on June 15, 2012 by matthewhanisian

“The spiritual life of individuals has to be extended both vertically to God and horizontally to other souls; and the more it grows in both directions, the less merely individual and therefore more truly personal it will become.” -Evelyn Underhill Evelyn … Continue reading →

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Ascending larks and descending doves

Posted on June 14, 2012 by sonyasutton

So often artists have helped us to visualize the Holy Spirit as a bird descending from God on high and alighting on us.  At this time of year, when birds are seen and heard in abundance, they are fitting symbols … Continue reading →

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