Websters Word for the week of June 23, 2025

Featuring the "Websters Word for the week of..." section, where each Monday a new term related to spirituality (and everyday life) is highlighted from Merriam-Webster. The word for this week:

Auspicious:

1: showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious

• made an auspicious beginning
• Such an auspicious start might have brought only honor and further triumph, but a witches' brew of scientific contentiousness, the temper of the times, and quirks in Dubois's own psyche soon derailed any pleasant development and turned Dubois's bounty into bitterness. ~ Stephen Jay Gould

2: attended by good auspices : fortunate, prosperous

• an auspicious year
• … a festival that takes place during the hottest months of spring, just before the monsoon rains, and that is considered an auspicious time for weddings. ~ Cynthia Gorney
• In days of old, seers entered a trance state and then informed anxious seekers what kind of mood the gods were in, and whether this was an auspicious time to begin a journey, get married, or start a war. ~ Harvey Cox

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