White Christmas Count your Blessings
On this July day, when it’s 84 degrees with a lovely breeze this song came to me. Such beautiful voices…and so soothing! Just felt like posting it.
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.
“I say to you, something greater than the temple is here. If you knew what this meant ‘ I desire mercy not sacrifice’ you would not have condemned these innocent men” Matthew 12: 6-7Jesus is defending the actions of his hungry disciples in this passage after they have violated a rule of Sabbath by picking…
I haven’t been back to visit my blog since I got to Easter. I guess I was drained. Since, like so many, I am pulled in many directions I decided I had nothing more to give to scripture. Funny, huh. So here I am, back again and hoping that I can sustain something worthy of…
Today would have been my grandmothers 109th birthday. She passed away four years ago at 105. We all still miss her and her love. Grandmothers, loving grandmothers, are like that. I was in my forties and it was still too early for her to leave. I miss her hands, her kisses and her essence. I…
Last week I started the 19th Annotation Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Our assignment, before we actually begin the retreat, was to create a space where we can quiet ourselves so that we can be focused in prayer and reflection. This exercise made me think about the idea of “creating space” not just…
“Above all, let your love for one another be intense, because love covers a multitude of sins. Be hospitable to one another without complaining. As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God’s varied grace.” 1 Peter 4:8-10 Peter is speaking to the community as they…
“”On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciple said to him “Where do you want us to go to prepare for you to eat the Passover?” He sent his two disciples and said to them, “Go into the city and a man will meet you,…