White Christmas Count your Blessings
On this July day, when it’s 84 degrees with a lovely breeze this song came to me. Such beautiful voices…and so soothing! Just felt like posting it.
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.
“For just as a body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.” James 2:26 “Which is the first of all the commandments?” Jesus replied, “The first is this: Hear this O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,…
The images from this past week of the World Youth Day gatherings are stunning. This is my favorite among them. You want kids to show up? Go to the beach. Just like Jesus went to the people, I so love this Pope because that is what he does. Notice the tide behind them, the mountain before them. …
My daughter (15) is receiving her Confirmation this year and in a conversation the other day I found out that she is not 100% sure that she wants to commit to a church that has let it’s people down so much and that has more importantly, not always followed what it has preached. Did I…
Yesterday…or maybe Thursday the social media outlets that I subscribe to blew up with the unveiling of an interview from Pope Francis. A well-coordinated interview with several Jesuit Media sources that had been kept secret for a while. I have only been able to read the highlights of this interview thanks to James Martin SJ…
Well, it’s true. I will not deny it. Fr. James Martin is a spiritual hero of mine and when you read the prayer below you will see why. http://www.americamagazine.org/blog/entry.cfm?blog_id=2&entry_id=5169Let us live in hope for a better tomorrow and let us always remember to turn toward God in our distress.