New Day!
Since it is January 10th, I have decided to briefly come out of my cocoon and get some work done. Bear with me as I get this blog reoriented into regular time.
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.
So, having watched some of the mass and witnessed some of the transformation of people in the crowd and reading some of the accounts this is what I am feeling at this moment. MY prayer is that it stay that way, I would so love to love and have total respect and honor the Pastor…
A classmate of mine passed away yesterday after a lifelong battle with herself. I hope she has found peace. I remember 30 years ago thinking she was unhappy even though she appeared happy on the surface. Still, she allowed herself to be used and misused and consequently mocked. She had a very clear reputation. But…
To keep it going…this whole Lent thing. Today I am told in scripture to “pray for my enemies and those who persecute you” but that isn’t really what I want to do. I want to be angry. I want to lash out. I want people to feel what they have done to me or to…
“When it was evening, he reclined at table with the Twelve. And while they were eating, he said, “Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” Deeply distressed at this, they began to say to him, one after another, “Surely it is not I, Lord?” He said in reply, “He who has…
Lately, I have had some “time”. It has been a real gift to slow down to get things done. I have gone from three jobs to two and have flexibility to some extent in both of those. This “time” that I feel is just returning has allowed me to look around a little more. Here…
Just wanted to share the final news story on Alex this week. A statement written in the program for her funeral is at the end of the story. Any prayers offered contributed to this sense of peace that they display here. Reminding us that a moment does not define a lifetime. Thank you for all…