I sat down to think about writing and realized that I am not ready to express my deep thoughts about the ordination I attended last week. I can say it was a joyful and lengthy event. I can say that I attended with an eight-year old, a six-year old, a three-year old and a one-year [...]
June 13 is the Feast of Saint Anthony of Padua. He’s got a few surprises hidden in his story. In the first place he’s Portuguese and Padua is in Italy. In the second place, he died in 1231 after only ten years as a Franciscan, and after the first two years of his preaching as [...]
... sapped my creativity! Have a picture by one of my favorite artists. [God] has also put his seal upon usand given the Spirit in our hearts as a first installment. 2 Cor. 1:22
Saturday I’m going to the ordination of Catholic priests for the Arlington, VA, Diocese. I happen to know that Harrisburg and Allentown up in Pennsylvania are also doing ordinations that day. Philadelphia is done. Lincoln, Nebraska is done. Washington, DC ordinations will take place on June 21. That seems very late to me. I would [...]
I made some bread last night and then, because my grandchild who is madly allergic to dairy will be in my house briefly, I greased the pans with coconut oil. I've done this in the past and it mostly worked. This time it did NOT work, and when I tried to release the bread from [...]
