Thanks-gathering at the White House

Even with three layers on the bottom and four layers on the top, it was cold.  Winter weather, not fall.  Not even late fall.  But this is a season of thanks, and like the tenth leper, we were on our… Read More

Lessons from the Littlest Women

I had never realized she wanted a baby doll.
Probably, after four boys in a row, my brain just failed to recognize the same need to nurture which applied to our first three children — all girls.
At the dentist’s… Read More

Sweet Humility

Father sighed.
From the other side of the screen, I imagined him rubbing his forehead in a gesture of futility.
My list never changed.
“So,” he started, patiently, “it sounds like these sins are mostly related to pride. Is that… Read More

Our Lady of Wal-Mart

My friend, Penny, has had a rough go. But, then, it’s her fault.
She’s the one who told God she wanted to walk hand-in-hand with Jesus. And he is so faithful in answering prayers.
Penny’s life has been an exhausting,… Read More

Me-Points

It’s 5:53 AM. I’m standing in front of the mirror trying to force my eyelids to stay in the upright and locked position, and I’m losing. My body would prefer I turn around and crawl back into the the indentation… Read More

He Did Not Abandon Me

Ten was a particularly hard year.
For some reason, that year the isolation of our small mountain town seemed especially severe. The snow had piled so high on our unplowed road we had to park the car on the highway… Read More

Charles, Francis, the Schism, and Love

The Lord has been impressing on me the importance of healing the breach between Catholic and Christians of other denominations. William Potter, a historian, notes “Whenever Christianity is in schism, Islam creeps in.” It sounds like a headline from Europe,… Read More

First Communion Mass and Plenary Indulgence

To all parents of my CCD class who were told the First Communion Mass has a plenary indulgence attached and wanted more information, here’s the deal:
When you do drugs, there are two consequences: 1) when you get caught, you’ll… Read More

Forty Days

The Day Before
Dripping wet, Jesus clambered up the steep bank above the river and dropped down into a twiggy, wooded area. The bushes were thick and grew close together, their sharp spines picking at his wet homespun garment.
He… Read More

Warrior Princes

They look so innocent, so pure. They weigh next to nothing, and to a boy, armed with a metal implement, victory seems certain.
My boys looked at them this afternoon and immediately assumed the swagger of victory assured and anticipated.… Read More

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