You see, every time I approach this exercise, I ask Abba, Son, and Holy Spirit for direction; in essence, my prayer is more or less, “What do You want to say through me?”
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Look to Our Blessed Mother
As we celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we rejoice that she, who never knew sin, also never underwent bodily corruption.
‘It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to’
‘It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to’
Lessons from a backseat driver
In the practice of surrendering control … the very things I find most difficult to hand over are the things that draw me closer to Him.
When you need a change in sound
Passing by mostly unnoticed, why is it that the sweet sounds of the day are so easy to miss? These nice noises blur into a happy backdrop of a day unfolding as it should.
Goodbye does mean ‘forever’?
No, I’m not leaving. Please keep reading. Never judge a headline by its cover, which is sound advice for all forms of writing.
The transformative gift of the Eucharist
As you read this, the National Eucharistic Congress is unfolding in Indianapolis!
Let’s celebrate the Summer Olympics!
The Games of the XXXIII Olympiad will be held in Paris this summer from late July until mid-August, but the tenth annual Linden Lodge Driveway Olympics will be held one afternoon only, at our cabin up north on Lake Mildred. Tickets are going fast but are still available (for both the Paris games and the Mildred games) but if you don’t care to travel, you might consider creating your own games with friends, family, or neighbors in your own backyard. May I offer you a few tips for setting up your “Olympics?”
By way of introduction . . .
“Brittle” . . . “hard” . . . allow me to throw in “fragile” . . . each has at least temporarily fit my soul like Cinderella’s slipper — depending on the crisis at hand.
Continuing to Go Make Disciples while going Into the Deep
This month of July marks the one year anniversary of the reassignment of most of the priests and the beginning movement towards the merging of parishes. I am profoundly grateful to our priests, lay leadership, diocesan staff, and the lay faithful for embracing these profound changes.