Let It Be – The Beatles – Lyrics
Just felt the need to hang with the Mother for a bit. Let it Be.
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.
Today is Ash Wednesday which means it is the beginning of Lent. In some ways my whole world revolves around the liturgical seasons, they help me make sense out of a confusing world. I am not so easily drawn into the chaos of things, be it society or nature, because I have this “safety net”…
I feel like my blog and I are at some peace again. We seemed to be fighting, each of us wanting to be heard, but I think we are finally there.Part of the problem is that it is post-holiday season and getting my thoughts to cooperate is no easy task. The kids have been sent…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/12/vatican-scandals_n_1663335.html?&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008&utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=falseThis is a must listen to! This is the conversation we need to be having together. Do I think it is too big to fail? I think the faith…what we believe, the truth of our experience is too big to fail.Congratulations to my fb friend Roberta who took part in this discussion. If they are…
I think it will take everyone a while to move a little bit away from the events of this past weekend. In the next couple of days, a mother and father will bury their young daughter, a sister will bury her sister. Another family will come to grips that they have a murderer in it. How did any of…
Today is my mother’s 80th birthday. She was waitressing as she does every Monday- Thursday at my sister’s restaurant. She was lavished with love and flowers. She was reminded how much she matters. She deserves every bit of it.When I was growing up we had very little. My mother though, as a true Irishwoman does,…