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Exquisite and Excruciating: The Life of Married Love

Posted on 10 October 2011

Loving someone until death is as hard as it is beautiful. It is sacrifice, but also a well of deep, refreshing joy.

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The Heroic Sacrifice of Our Every Day

Posted on 03 October 2011

Sacrifice acts on behalf of another, putting them first, not furthering one’s own cause. It entails interrupting or delaying our own plans, desires, trajectories, goals, and even giving something we may be afraid to lose—our time, money, comfort, power, or prestige—for the sake of another who may or may not be worthy of it.

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Google, God, and the Catholic New Media Celebration

Posted on 10 July 2010

In my house, I’ve taken quite a bit of good-natured ribbing from my young adult children.  After all, these days, their somewhat techno-phobic middle-aged mother has a website, a blog, and a podcast. She’s had more hits on Google than…

Mind the Gap

Posted on 06 October 2009

I’ve been to London twice. Four times if you count a layovers at Heathrow now and again. And this is one of my favorite expressions found throughout the London Tube System: Mind the gap.
It’s a polite warning for rail…

Implanting

Posted on 30 May 2009

I am a living witness to the miracle of modern medical implant technology. I have three implants, to be precise. None of which were on my life’s “to do” list. All of which were results of unexpected medical maladies. Despite…

The Quantum Leap, in Days and Years

Posted on 27 April 2009

When you are closer to being 50-something, rather than 40-something, as I am, you start to pay attention to numbers. (And I don’t just mean your weight, your blood pressure, and cholesterol numbers.)
Recently I’ve been reflecting on my 40s,…

Connecticut Lawmakers Want to Reorganize Catholic Churches

Posted on 10 March 2009

There is breaking news in Connecticut that has mobilized the bishops of its three Catholic dioceses. Together, they are calling for their church members to stand up and be counted. An open hearing will take place tomorrow regarding a bill…

News of My Death

Posted on 24 February 2009

It’s a curious thing: announcing to the world that you are not dead.
Mark Twain once sent a cable to a U. S. newspaper after his obituary had been mistakenly published. His note read, “the reports of my death are…

“Behold!”

Posted on 24 December 2008

“Behold” is one of my favorite words from the Bible. The wordsmith in me adores words that tickle my ears, words that are uncommon yet descriptive. Behold sounds somewhat archaic yet it still shows up in modern usage. Behold makes…

Falling for Mary

Posted on 03 October 2008

Dashing out of the rain, I hastened down the wet chapel steps trying not to be late for midday Mass. Seconds later, missing two of the steps, I landed with a thud in the narthex. Excruciating pain in my ankle…