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Spiritual author. Journalist. Poet. Benedictine oblate. Retreat leader. Inspirational speaker. Environmentalist. Tweets my own. linktr.ee/judithvalente_author
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To Be A "Living Sanctuary"

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By Judith Valente Verified
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Jack Doyle, who helped revive a neighborhood in the Bronx, at The Church of the Magdalene in Tarrytown, New York on a recent Sunday in July. He is, for many, a "living sanctuary.' (Photo by Judith Valente) This past week our country experienced yet more trauma as an eight-year-old and ten-year-old were gunned down at a Catholic Mass in Minneapolis and 18 others - including several other children and some elderly parishioners - were wounded.
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The Art of Gazing Out A Window

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By Judith Valente Verified
| Medium
When my friend the poet, spirituality writer and Benedictine Sister Mary Lou Kownacki was diagnosed with a serious cancer a few years ago, she wrote of how her illness gave her permission to engage in one of her favorite past-times, staring out a window. It brought, she said, “immeasurable joy.” She wrote of that time: I thought of Sister Mary Lou’s observation this past week after I underwent a minor medical procedure and spent the better part of a day — you guessed it — staring out a window.
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The Wisdom of Trees

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By Judith Valente Verified
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Press enter or click to view image in full size Two years ago, our good friend Jack Doyle from New York gave my husband and me a fledging dawn redwood tree he had nurtured from a sapling. We drove it back to Illinois, planted it in full sun so it could thrive and faithfully watered it daily. Jack told us dawn redwoods lose their spindly leaves in winter, but that they return in summer. This spring, though, I noticed some marks, like knife cuts, on our tree’s slender bark.
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