Maybe it’s me, but having two Popes praying for our collective future is comforting. When I first looked at this picture, I wondered, what are they each thinking. With the future ahead of one and the past behind another, what are they praying for? No doubt; each other. No doubt; the church. No doubt; help. I can’t…
Whispers In the Loggia Please read today’s post.Such a powerful prayer from Thea Bowman as we enter the final week of Lent. So many moving points, it is sure to speak to you. I was tempted to point some out, but as with any prayer, we are meant to hear what we are meant to hear. Please…
Here is an interview I had last night with Pope Francis….in my imagination of course. But I feel like we won the Papal lottery and as we say in New York, hey, you never know!Me: Good Morning Dearest Pope Francis for dearest you shall ever be….Pope Francis: Have you been reading Jane Austin, Annette?Me: I…
So, having watched some of the mass and witnessed some of the transformation of people in the crowd and reading some of the accounts this is what I am feeling at this moment. MY prayer is that it stay that way, I would so love to love and have total respect and honor the Pastor…
What kind of Irish Catholic girl am I that I didn’t acknowledge St. Patrick’s Day on the blog! Well as my apology, I am sharing one of my favorite scenes from one of my favorite movies; The Quiet Man with John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara. I love this scene because of the old man and the…
I have been walking around with a ridiculous smile on my heart about Papa Francesco. I was having a conversation with my sister in law yesterday, a devout Catholic who really holds Rome in high esteem, and I was telling her (she who knows me so well!) that I am so very pleased with the…
I wanted to share this article from the Guardian about Papa Francesca. I believe that like all of us, in his life he has lived and learned. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/14/the-pope-francis-i-know
I will be honest, Wednesday was an emotional roller-coaster. I was called in early to sub which of course throws off the day anyway, but more so since I wanted to blog and get some other things done. At about 10:30 the school received a phone call that a man had gone to two locations in a…
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/03/13/174237155/pope-francis-a-saintly-name-hold-the-i?ft=1&f=1001&sc=tw&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitterI am filled with HOPE! God hears the cries of his people… I am filled with gratitude and hope.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/13/new-pope-thirteen-key-factsPope Francis I gives me hope…although there is one point that I am really uncomfortable with…but I will pray that the Holy Spirit deal with that.In the meantime, here is what we know. We know he is a Jesuit…we know he picked Francis…a humble intellectual…what a concept!I will be back but I am overcome and…