My family could really use a “Lazarus, come out” type of moment. Right now, my father-in-law – a vibrant, active, healthy, 77 year old man – lay in critical care after suffering a brain injury yesterday…..while playing tennis. Yes, that’s right, he was playing tennis. I would never have believed it’s possible [...]
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“Lazarus, come out.”
Posted in Life on the Homefront, Sacraments on March 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Headed South
Posted in Sacraments, The Church on June 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Later this week we will travel south to Florida for our family vacation. Every summer, we head to Ft. Lauderdale for a week, give or take a few days. One year ago, it was on those same sandy beaches I was walking as I was coming to grips with the realization that the Catholic [...]
Calling SalvMat!!
Posted in Just Plain Silly, Sacraments on May 30, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Let’s say your daughter, hours and hours after attending morning Mass, happens to mention that some of the wine may have splashed onto her dress when she received the Eucharist this that morning. The chalice used for Daily Mass is a good bit heavier than the one used on Sundays. (I guess they [...]
Why I’ll Never Go Without the Sacraments…or My Grainmill
Posted in Sacraments on May 16, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Although I never would have pegged myself a crunchy type of gal, I, along with some of my IRL friends, have taken what some might call extreme measures to improve the dietary health of our families. Having become convinced of the nutritional value of the whole kernel of wheat (not just what’s left once [...]
Not as the World Gives
Posted in Sacraments, Saints & Prayers on May 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »
It’s Mother’s Day here in the United States and I believe it’s no coincidence that the gospel reading for today is this:
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” John [...]
Scales ‘afallin….
Posted in Conversion, Early Church Fathers, Sacraments on April 28, 2007 | 10 Comments »
…and I don’t mean a weight loss program.
Every once in a while you learn a new bit of information or you see something as if seeing it for the first time and you have a hunch that what you’re learning or seeing may have a big impact on your life. Now [...]
