This a very interesting article that addresses several issues that face our church today but I am drawn to it not for the issues as much as for the image of God that it conjers up. Please let me know your thoughts. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/opinion/27kristof.html
Wife, mother, blogger, Catholic ministry. I love to garden even when it goes wrong. Same with writing (and we know it can go wrong.) Believing that God is present in all of it.
“to all the beloved of God in Rome, called to be holy. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” Romans 1: 7Today I want to remind myself that I am beloved by God and that I am holy. I want anyone that reads this today to remember that…
I was flipping through stations on tv the other night and ran accross last years BET awards just in time to see Frankie Beverly of Maze accept his “Cadillac Lifetime Achievement Award.” For five decades he has contributed to the music industry and though I don’t know the whole history, we all can gather that black performers…
In November, I try to focus the kids in the program on our belief in the Communion of Saints. My hope is that as time goes on, they can access the gift of faith through this particular teaching. My hope is that it can bring them some solace when losses in their own lives happen….
My daughter (15) is receiving her Confirmation this year and in a conversation the other day I found out that she is not 100% sure that she wants to commit to a church that has let it’s people down so much and that has more importantly, not always followed what it has preached. Did I…
Today is the 12th day, or the Feast of the Three Kings. When the magi arrive and bring thier gifts to Jesus. The magi, rulers from foreign lands, risk thier lives to come and honor the Ruler of the world. This has always been one of my favorite passages in our collective story. When I was…
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Hmmmm. Whose life is more valuable, the mother’s or baby in the womb? They’re equally valuable! And what about the woman’s other four children who would be attending their mother’s funeral? Heavy stuff. Edna G.
Edna, welcome and thank you for your comment. I agree wholeheartedly. I find the position of the Bishop completely without compassion or reason for that matter. We seem to get hooked on the value of life only during development in the womb…we need a whole life, whole compassion approach. I applaud that nuns courage as well as the administrators of the hospital!