Terrifying unless you are surrounded by your own family, in your own house, eating all your favorite foods. We are fortunate, and so are our children and their children. And we are lucky to be able to ‘see’ our children and grands. In a recent FaceTime conversation with E, a happy and securely loved five…
Category: Musing
Renewal
It’s not enough to want to write. It’s not enough to write in your head–although that is usually very good writing. Why do I write? I’m not a good speller. I am a lousy proofreader. My English methodology is sketchy at best. And Latin did not help. Attending the NYC mid winter conference last weekend was that push to…
The swallows….
Yesterday was the feast day of St. Joseph the Worker. A little research led me to the fact that it wasn’t until 1955 that Pius the XII declared March 19 his feast day. Hmmm, right smack dab in the middle of the twentieth century. How about that! Besides fond memories of Capistrano in March (usually…
from…..
Think on it: Ireland in the mid 1800’s ruled by English overlords as British plantations assaulting the Catholic religion and Irish culture. Congo, at the turn of the century, the personal fiefdom of the despot Leopold II thoughtlessly annihilating the native civilizations that already existed. The economic and cultural failure of the Weimar Republic giving…
Forward….
At mass last night, Father Sheridan stated this is a good time to make resolutions for the coming year. [Father said he makes the same one every year, ‘to clean out his refrigerator’, yep, a good laugh for the congregation] Well. Maybe. Liturgically we’ve already started our year. In some cultures the new year began…