Wednesday Morning Book Group: Article to Consider
Wednesday Morning Book Group: Article to Consider: “If you are on Facebook and are not a friend of Fr. Martin’s, I encourage you to become one. Aside from additional insight to this book…”
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.
There had been this man, (not sure if he was homeless or lived in a group home) who hung around our church on Sunday mornings bumming a few bucks here and there for his refreshments by directing traffic in the church parking lot. He did not do this very well though. He also hung around the rectory during…
Give and gifts will be given to you;a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing,will be poured into your lap.For the measure with which you measurewill in return be measured out to you. Luke 37-38 I remember when Pope Francis visited Congress several years back (2015) and he used this scripture to illustrate his…
Here is an interview I had last night with Pope Francis….in my imagination of course. But I feel like we won the Papal lottery and as we say in New York, hey, you never know!Me: Good Morning Dearest Pope Francis for dearest you shall ever be….Pope Francis: Have you been reading Jane Austin, Annette?Me: I…
Deeply, deeply touched by this blog post on Patheos. My heart breaks for her pain and I praise her courage. Self-forgiveness is the hardest forgiveness which is one of the points I try to make when talking about abortion. This is the position we should be taking, not the hateful, unforgiving stances. We need to…
Some of you follow the “Dating God” blog but for those of you who don’t, I wanted to share this excellent post about some misconceptions on being Catholic and voting. Something we need to articulate more often.http://datinggod.org/2012/09/17/a-tale-of-two-catholicisms-a-response-to-molly-worthen/
“During the day, Jesus was teaching in the temple area, but at night he would leave and stay at the place called the Mount of Olives.” Luke 21:37Jesus always took time to pray. Jesus took time with his Father. His ability to fulfill his mission came from that constant connection. It prepared him for the…