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.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/FrJamesMartinPlease click the link to take you to a post from Fr. Martin’s FB page. As most know, we are all bracing for Sandy here in the northeast…or as I really prefer to call it, Frankenstorm. (A hearty thankyou for the creator of that name!) But here is a post that reminds us how the…
There is a lady in our parish who helps tend the flowers. She also cleans up the pews and around the church. She also brings gifts for the priest; this woman who has virtually nothing.She is Vietnamese and maybe 70 years old. She wears what the women would have worn during the war. She speaks…
There are so many funny stories in our family and many take place on my grandparents farm in West Martinsburg but this one I am going to share because it is a favorite of mine and it reminds me of the story of the workers in the vineyard (Matt 20:1-16) and it makes me laugh.As the youngest…
Last week I started the 19th Annotation Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Our assignment, before we actually begin the retreat, was to create a space where we can quiet ourselves so that we can be focused in prayer and reflection. This exercise made me think about the idea of “creating space” not just…
I love Monday’s when we are in a normal rhythm which means, I don’t have to go into work unless I want to. Then, I am able to go when I want to. It is a good thing. But I also like it because generally we are all up and ready for our work week. …
Yesterday, in his address to the USCCB, Cardinal Dolan quoted G.K. Chesterton as a call to redirect in a sense where the conference has been focussing. “The premier answer to the question ‘What’s wrong with the world?’ is not politics, the economy, secularism, sectarianism, globalization or global warming … none of these, as significant as…