Daily Signet

As my father was dying, I managed to be alone with him, and took this time to give him my own blessing. The oil from the last rites he had received from the hospital priest was still moist as I traced the Christuman star on his forehead and spoke a prayer. As I was tracing that star, I could feel the same lines being burned into my own forehead, and I marveled.       

Earl Behnke

On This Day…

St. Kateri Tekakwitha (1656-1680): daughter of a Mohawk chief, zealous convert to Christianity fled her own people to Quebec where she lived a life of prayer, penance and work. First American Indian to be beatified.

Woodie Guthrie born 1912 in Oklahoma, died 1967: depression era singer, songwriter and collector of songs
Songs: This Is Your Land, Roll on Columbia, Pastures of Plenty