A Word on Statues and a Word on Saints
I want to say a little more today, here in the evening of the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, about the destruction or vandalization of Catholic religious statues, shrines and places of worship we’ve...
View ArticleEvery Night And All
It got cold last week. It was going to frost, or get close to it. Time to bring in the garden. I have some vegetables that will keep in a light frost. Kale will live right up until a hard freeze, and...
View ArticleEveryone Sees the Face of God
A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew: Jesus said to his disciples: “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit upon his glorious throne, and all...
View ArticleThe Appalachian Purgatorio
Friday was Saint Joseph’s Day, so I prayed to him as I walked downtown to the bank. I took out a cashier’s check for the first time in my life. I put the check in my purse loose, because I’ve never...
View ArticleThe Snake in the Plaster and the Resurrection
I always get tongue-tied when it comes time to talk about the Resurrection. I’m famous, or infamous, for writing about the Passion and Death of Christ. I’m good at commenting on suffering– I’ve seen...
View ArticleA Picture of the Sun
She was in her front yard, with a camera on a tripod, trying to photograph the sun. I’d been out running errands all day long; when I got back to LaBelle, I was exhausted. I wanted to go inside and...
View ArticleHow Blessed the Kingdom
I went to Divine Liturgy again. Last time I’d wandered in when I drove by a church and realized it was starting. This time I went on purpose. I looked up the liturgy time ahead of time and tried to...
View ArticleWhat the Rich Man Lacks
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark: As Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before him, and asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”...
View ArticleThe Choice Between Two Gods
It started last week, I suppose, when a social media friend who was suffering from religious trauma admitted she hadn’t been going to Mass regularly. She asked on Twitter if people could give her...
View ArticleThrough the Narrow Gate
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke: Jesus passed through towns and villages,teaching as he went and making his way to Jerusalem.Someone asked him,“Lord, will only a few people be...
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