My daughter Katie decided that she wanted to host a foreign exchange student. She came to me and asked if that would be all right. I told her she needed to ask her dad, he’s never been interested in doing that before. To my amazement, Katie’s dad, Jimmy, said it would be all right to … [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…]
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…]
“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…]
Fr. Darrell tells me that sometimes he feels like he’s in the movie, Groundhog Day, because he does pretty much the same thing every day. I know what he means. I get up, take a shower, argue with my hair, decide if I’m going to wear make-up or not, argue with the clothes in my … [Read more…]
After any major event there is a chance to sit back and ponder all that was done right, and what was done wrong. As a Monday morning quarterback we can all pick away at the good and the bad of the St. Jerome Fancy Farm Picnic. I like to think of all the good that … [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…]
My son has a friend who has made up his mind he wants to be Catholic. He doesn’t have any family members who are Catholic. He went about this, in my opinion, the right way. He considered several different religions, studied them, asked about them, and then decided that he wanted to learn more about … [Read more…]
This morning I made up my mind to take a walk. I should do that all the time but I think it’s a habit and I’m not great at it. Anyway, I was going to walk the fields and take the dogs but they were in the barn and so was the bull. So I … [Read more…]
I was not born in Fancy Farm but I got here as soon as I could. Fr. Darrell said this years ago on a day just like any other day in Fancy Farm. I have often thought the same thing. I first came to the farm when I was 19. I started coming back every … [Read more…]