“Every time I dare to do a good thing I’m doing it in the name of my mother.” Maya Angelou I want to be a good person. I really do. I try really hard sometimes to be a good person. Most of the time I can handle it but then there are times that doesn’t … [Read more…]
For the last few weeks I have been wanting to write about bread. We’ve been reading a lot about it in church and Father Darrell’s sermons have recently been about bread. I love bread so this is right up my alley. This week though bread takes on a completely different definition. We are on the … [Read more…]
Ashes to AshesDust to Dust Remember man, that you are born of dust and to dust you shall return. I love Ash Wednesday. I hate Ash Wednesday. I love the Catholicism, the tradition, the opportunity for repentance. But I hate it too. On hat day, like no other, I revert back to my childhood. I … [Read more…]
Today we celebrate the Feast of St. Blaise. His feast day is actually February 3rd but I am lucky to live in a community that brings the traditions to weekend masses. I love the Feast of St. Blaise. I am taken back to my childhood when we used to kneel along the communion rail after … [Read more…]
I’ve been gone all week working, which means that I didn’t get to do the work I really wanted to do. I didn’t get my prayers said, any. I didn’t write at all. I did work and I did watch stupid TV and I did play stupid games. I did listen to some podcasts so … [Read more…]
Stirred is the difference between living and living for God. I don’t exactly know when the Holy Spirit began to stir me. I guess he has all along. It’s just a little nudge in my gut. I’m sure you’ve felt it too although you may not have known what it was. I encourage you to … [Read more…]
I’ve been studying the Blessed Mother quite a bit in the last few years. I feel that I have a good relationship with her but I also feel like I need to know more, you know what others think of her. Even though I feel as though I know her well I don’t feel that … [Read more…]
I’ve been on the road with Jimmy this week so I haven’t been keeping to my schedule. He can be disruptive that way. It’s not a bad thing but I have come to appreciate my “alone time” so much in the last few months. I didn’t realize how much until one of my kids mentioned … [Read more…]
“It is written, one does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.” Matthew The one thing I love about the Lenten season is to ponder Jesus’ life in the desert. I truly believe that he had an other-worldly experience there and I also believe that we … [Read more…]
In the Old Testament she is referred to as Lady Wisdom. In the New Testament she is known as Sophia (which is wisdom in Greek). In Proverbs “. . . I was beside him as his craftsman, and I was his delight day by day, playing before him all the while, playing on the surface … [Read more…]