This is the second reading from the liturgy that accompanies the scrutinies for today, so some will not have heard this reading proclaimed. For that reason, I include it. Brothers ...
Grandmothers
I felt creative last Saturday and went to the craft store to make a wreath. I noticed four words everywhere: Gather. Thankful. Blessed. Family— emblazoned on doormats, plates, ceramic pumpkins! ...
About a month ago, in the midst of all the ugliness and craziness of the world, my beautiful oldest daughter gave birth to a beautiful daughter of her own, and ...
Amen, Amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief will become joy . . . But I will ...
On this day in February, when I was seven, I experienced the death of a person for the first time. I was an only child then, and my parents and ...