We are called to holiness. We are. We may not know it, deep down, but we are. The hard thing is we may not believe it. But we are called to holiness. Holiness is daunting. There’s too much to swallow. So, I have a suggestion. It’s not a solution because I don’t know if it … [Read more…]
You know that part of Mass, at the very beginning when we ask God to forgive our sins – those we have done and those we have failed to do? I got to thinking about the Feast of the Epiphany and how it is a time to give gifts and I got to thinking about … [Read more…]
Tomorrow is the Feast of St.Nicholas. According to Wikipedia the feast day is celebrated as a Christian festival with particular regard to his reputation as a bringer of gifts. I think that it is more of a German thing than anything. My mother’s family was German so I think that lots of the things we … [Read more…]
I don’t think about the afterlife much. I can’t wait to get there but I don’t worry about it. It will be what it will be. But I really and truthfully hope for all of eternity I will be able to be with the people i love. That would be heaven. When I graduated from … [Read more…]
For a couple of months I made the comment about how much I hated my life. Now, don’t get in a tizzy, I love my life. But there are aspects of my life I was beginning to hate. I hated that I wasn’t being as healthy as I needed to be. I was beginning to … [Read more…]
I’m here to tell you that you need to get ready. We’re getting ready to get hit. No, it’s not another hurricane coming through. No, it’s not another thunderstorm, although I’m sure we’re going to get more of those. No, it’s not an earthquake. We’re getting ready to get hit with everybody and their brother … [Read more…]
Yesterday at Mass we learned how to pray. We learned the same thing that every Catholic learned in every church around the world. We learned The Lord’s Prayer. This isn’t the first time we’ve learned it. We learn it all the time. But maybe this is the first time I learned it all. Because there … [Read more…]
When I was growing up I used to love to sit and listen to the grown-ups talk. Today I could not tell you what they talked about, but I come from a long line of talkers. If anyone ever came over to visit, or if we went anywhere to visit, there were some serious conversations … [Read more…]
“For this command that I enjoin on you today is not too mysterious and remote for you. It is not up in the sky, that you should say, ‘Who will go up in the sky to get it for us and tell us of it, that we may carry it out?’ Nor is it across … [Read more…]
When I was a little girl there were times that I would spend the weekend with my grandmother. She didn’t go to church every weekend but if I stayed, she would make the effort. Actually, she would get me all dressed up with a hat, purse and gloves. She would always give me a dime to put into … [Read more…]