Colorful Gospel for Oct. 15, 2009
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A COPY OF PICTURE TO COLOR Based on the Gospel of Mark 10:35-45 Wanted: a privileged [...]
Local church is part of universal church
I have just had the great opportunity of spending last week in the Eternal City. While I only lived in [...]
Ah, the in-laws…
I’ve known for quite some time that I was very lucky when it came to where I got to spend [...]
Our playlist…opinions, please!
Matt and I have been discussing lately which song we should play for our first dance as a married couple. [...]
Cue the Nat King Cole music
Weather weary: National Chestnut Week runs through this Saturday. Should it remain as chilly as it has been, chestnuts will [...]
Poland, Germany — why not Africa?
Spanning the globe: Asked during a press conference following a session of the Synod of Bishops for Africa whether or [...]
OK … can we be real here?
Since Matt and I have become engaged, I have increasingly been faced with a particular question by both my Catholic/non-Catholic/male/female [...]
IOC decision dashes American Catholics’ hopes for 2016
Sports as religion: American Catholics who planned to personally see the Vatican's synchronized swim team perform and who hoped to [...]
What do you mean you don’t recognize his baptism?!
When Matt and I first began to date, he mentioned to me casually that he was raised Mormon but no [...]
In a crisis, much can be accomplished together
I notice many things when folks come to Mass. Most people are reverent, entering the church quietly, blessing themselves with holy water and genuflecting before they enter the pew.
A few are really quick to come in and jump into the last pews trying, no doubt, to fulfill the Scriptural promise that the “last shall be first”– to leave.
Among the various kinds of people who come to Mass, I enjoy the parents with little children. It is, of course, a challenge to bring children to Mass – from start to finish. But what a joy it is to watch parents teach their children, helping them to take holy water, patiently guiding their little hands to bless themselves correctly, and offering that last bit of parental “advice” to behave nicely in church.