I can hear the voice of my beloved priest when I was in college, Dave Looney, tell me as I stressed over a test or exam, “Pray to St. Joseph of Cupertino” I can also hear my reaction in my head…”Yeah, yeah, blah! Not doing your hocus pocus. But thanks anyway.” (Don’t you just wanna…
Found this picture on the Internet…it is food for thought. It may not speak to our time as much as his, but then, perhaps it may. I hope not. But thank God that he and many others did not remain silent. Nor should we. So many people still suffer because the structures we have in…
http://ncronline.org/news/theology/sch-ller-now-not-time-third-vatican-council Asked why he does not just leave the church, Schüller said simply: “It’s my church.” “For me, the church is not a corporation; it’s not an apartment that you change. It’s my church. I’m committed to it, and I’m committed to the people of the church. “
Ok, I know there are a ton of Downton Abbey fans who cheer for the long suffering Mr. Bates. I am not one of them…at least since the beginning of this season. Last season I had a small feeling that Mr. Bates wasn’t telling Anna the truth. I love Anna, she is one of the…
The past couple of days have been my favorite kind of January days. A little snowy, Jane Austin filled and quiet…well until kids come home but that is good too. I have been moving from couch to couch, from chore to chore but have felt a real quiet, almost a stillness in my world. Ironic,…
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…
I decided to go over to Mt Saviours website as I often do just to check in. So sad to see that another extraordinary person is gone from this world. But I know where he is, he is sitting at the banquet enjoying his reward and it was time. He is getting all of his answers. …
If you have a minute, vote for our sensible, kind and shameless friend to say the Benediction at the Inauguration. We could really use a unified blessing!https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/ask-father-james-martin-sj-new-york-lead-inauguration-benediction/BGBNz8l4
I messed up with my New Years resolution by letting an initially well-intentioned question turn into commentary about another person’s life. I don’t think it was thoroughly unkind, and it was true but I am stuck on the “is it necessary” and the answer is, no. It was not necessary. Which makes me think of…
If you have been following the blog for a while you know that we are supporters of a village in the South Sudan. We have been blessed to meet an extraordinary man who has committed his life to helping the village that was destroyed during the Sudanese civil war. As one of the Lost Boys,…