St. Joseph is an emblem of earthly fatherhood. I am eternally grateful to have a husband with the heart of St. Joseph. Good day to revisit the video that best describes the value of that kind of paternal love.
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.
Here is an article from the America blog about a new book “Flying In the Face of Tradition” by Brother Louis DeThomasis, FSC, that discusses what we have discussed here many times; the need for a sort of death in order to bring new life to our imploding institutional church. If you are one to not keep up…
Today I received the most wonderful text; my friend is healed. She had been diagnosed with cancer a second time several months back but her doctor was aggressive and went right in. Now, several truly grueling months later, she is cancer free. She has been an inspiration and her Irish was showing through as she wouldn’t…
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. …
Today’s quote is from my pastor, who was talking to the children about Pope Francis. “He hasn’t changed one rule. Not one rule. What he has done is changed the emphasis on love.” My pastor, like myself and so many people that I know love this man because he is emphasizing love. We are in such…
I am always happy to return to my corner at the end of Lent! I am ready to move into the joy of the Easter season! Yesterday, this happened at my dinner table. The wine, which my mother-in- law accidently spilled went all over my daughter’s home-made butter lamb. The symbolism would have been enough there but…
This is a blog post from Holy Week 2011. I am going through my things. What struck me about this is that when I was reading it, I thought of Pope Francis. Today he is angry about a life size statue of himself and demands it be taken down. I am sure for a person of…