I admit, I was pretty anxious heading to New Orleans all alone. I told anyone who would listen how I didn’t like the idea of going to the Big Easy all by myself! One thought after another came, what if, what if, what if?? But I had to go since it was a training and…
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/the-last-word/47884211#47884211I may be bombarding you a little in the next couple of days. I am heading on a trip to prepare me for a new ministry (started another unrelated one this week too!) and am going to a training workshop (all alone!) to New Orleans! I am tentatively excited! But will really be happy when…
I am feeling a little dumb today. My 12 year old is taking her Latin final tomorrow (pray for her!) and has really struggled this final quarter after an otherwise very good year. She is a bit of a shambles. My 14 year old took her Spanish regents (a test in NY State that you…
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. If you are a father, grandfather, godfather, father figure, uncle, loving brother or religious, please accept…
This just made me happy. Simple, sweet and pure.http://www.wimp.com/babymoose/
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…
Go Colbert! Way to bring attention to our sisters!http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/415112/june-11-2012/radical-feminist-nuns—simone-campbell
Amen, amen, amen and amen!! Enough whining and complaining! Time to move forward and call it what it is. Reclaim the mission…be church! Show the world what we are really about, which is, in case we have forgotton, living the Gospel of Jesus Christ.http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/2012/06/forget-frustration-and-fortnight-im-going-road-trip-nuns
Hope endures.
I am in the midst of revisiting Anthony Ciorra’s 1995 book Everyday Mysticism it is one of those books that I have stared at for years at the wonderful monastery I visit, Mount Saviour Monastery in Elmira, NY. A couple of years back, a friend gave it to me…which was good cause I could never…