In The Woods….
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.
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The Tranquil Life
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…
What if God was One of Us video
My daughter Meg made this video for a Confirmation retreat that I had this past weekend. I love this song and have always wanted to use it in this capacity but she made it even more real and even more urgent. Almost all the images are from the past couple of years. Is there an…
Gratitude
“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want” Ps. 23 It was a big day in our house, my eldest daughter bought her first car. She has been working a part-time job for a while now and saving almost every penny so that she could purchase something. With the help of her grandparents, she…
Catholic Spring?
I just wanted to share an excellent article from the Guardian about the Catholic church in England. I love correlation to the Arab spring and how the people can influence the direction that the church goes in. Let me know what you think!http://apps.facebook.com/theguardian/commentisfree/belief/2011/nov/10/catholic-church-people-power?fb_ref=U-_a1toroc6Ih74pU9IVfq_J-CFCONX01FRS-339thXXX&fb_source=home_multiline&fb_action_types=news.reads
There’s More!
“Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land.Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness,for they will be satisfied” Matthew 5:5-6But wait! There’s more! Jesus promised more! I couldn’t walk away, because there is a sermon going on. Blessed are the meek…who are the meek? Are the meek the ones who are…
10 Years Later
Here is a video of James Martin Sj who had first hand experience of the aftermath of the events of 9/11. There is a moment in the video where I am certain that Christ was present to all who were wounded mentally, spiritually and physically. To those who were given last rites by the many…