Introduction: Christmas puts me in a pensive mood. As we continue to live during the dark days of this pandemic, I took some time to ponder some of the unearned blessings, the taken-for-granted gifts I received in my early life. I concluded that in many ways, I was a princess—although I didn’t know it. In […]
Celebrating Everyday Spirituality
About Sister Melannie Svoboda, SND
Sister of Notre Dame, teacher, student, author, speaker, listener, friend, poet, farm girl. About Sunflower Seeds
Each Monday I’ll post a short reflection, a simple musing on some aspect of spirituality— the everyday kind of spirituality that includes things like walking in the park, slicing an onion for the casserole, caring for a child, studying for an exam, reading a line from scripture, laughing at a joke, or mourning a significant loss.
Along the way I welcome your questions, comments and insights too. After all, we’re all in this life—this spiritual life—together!
About the Sisters of Notre Dame, Chardon, Ohio
The Sisters of Notre Dame of Chardon, Ohio, belong to an international congregation of more than two thousand apostolic women religious. We are one in mind and one in heart for the transformation of the world in Christ.
