January 2026

As the new year began with the leader of our country turning his sights on the international stage, I wondered: Where can we find hope in a government increasingly unmoored from law and decency? Then I realized that January gives us an opportunity to restore the possibility of who we can be as a people

MEDITATION FOR THE NEW YEAR – Nancy Sylvester, IHM BIRTH OF THE UNIVERSE It is 13.8 billion years ago. It is before time and space. There is only darkness. Then there was a great flaring forth. From this singularity of energy would come forth everything that would ever exist. BIRTH OF SELF IN THIS COSMIC UNFOLDING