As I sit here, there are fifteen people dead from another mass shooting, this time at an elementary school. This on the heels of the mass shooting in Buffalo at a Tops Supermarket. In the backdrop is a Bishop grifting to raise money while denying Nancy Pelosi the Eucharist because she is fighting for the…
Well there is something to think about this Lent. Is what I’m doing for Lent just about me or is it about my relationship with God? Am I looking to benefit in some way other than becoming more of the person God is calling me to be? What are my motives for my Lenten commitment?…
It feels as though in some ways we have been reliving and reliving that old Lenten feeling. Sure, we have had periodic reprieves where we are able to come up for air, bask in the sun and feel a little careless, but those days seem far too fleeting. Many of us have done our best…
I was given this beautiful song in a very timely manner and am compelled to share it with you. I thought today would be a good day to feel beloved. So as the harsh winds blow and the bitter temps take hold in Central New York, may you feel the deep warmth of His eternal…
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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….
Rocks. I have been obsessed with them in one way or another since the beginning of the pandemic. I am not sure why, suddenly, I am in love with rocks. Well, suddenly isn’t accurate. There was that geology class in college and there is a need to connect with random rocks that began at the…
The passage from the reading of St. Paul to the Thessalonians today struck a cord in me: “Nevertheless we urge you, brothers and sisters, to progress even more, and to aspire to live a tranquil life, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your own hands as we instructed you.” That is my…
I feel the need to share this blogpost from Patheos Catholic. I hits so close to home with my own feelings for the institutional church. This is the continuous struggle of women in the church but as the author says “I love the church,” Like her, it has given me so much, most importantly, my…
I awoke to the sound of a waterfall. Confused and still a little dazed, I looked around trying to catch my bearings. I was alone. My sleep must have been like a coma, I could only feel peace in this moment. I tried to piece together, in my memory, what had taken place and how…