OVER THE BENT WORLD: RELECTIONS FOR LENT & EASTER

"The Lenten and Easter Seasons are the perfect time for reflection.  Many readers have good intentions when it comes to taking part in a daily reflection.  Truth be told, writes Daniel J. Heisey, also known as Brother Bruno, a monk of Saint Vincent Archabbey, most of us are no good with books of daily readings.  Before long, he notes, we miss a day, and then another day, and then suddenlyy we are so far behind we put the book back on the shelf with dim hopes of we might do better next year.  Rather than offer forty readings for each day of Lent, Brother Bruno recognizes  this all-too-human tendency and instead provides a baker's dozen of brief reflections to accompany artwork primarily  from the collection of Saint Vincent Archabbey.  Thus, the artwork and essays can truly become points for meditation, as the author intends, rather than a Lenten Penance.