Nothing speaks of spring more than blossoms in March and April. Since moving to Washington several years ago, I’ve become fascinated by the cherry blossoms that blanket Washington’s urban landscape in clouds of pink and white.
2020 was a year of monumental losses for the nation's community of women religious. Among them was the passing of 88-year-old Oblate Sister of Providence, Mary Reginald Gerdes.
Our ancestors in faith were driven to “poignant prayer and song,” says Walter Brueggemann. They tasted the rawness of life and felt helplessly dislocated. Yet, there remained one thing they could do. They could complain to God.