It’s Gaudete Sunday, the occasion on which we celebrate the near coming of the Christ child. Yet today, the country grieves over 20 young lives lost. ”Gaudete” means, roughly, joy. But the events in Newtown, CT on Friday make it…
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I stopped by the grocery store for some beer. An elderly woman shuffled past me, dropping something as she went. I picked up the ruby red leaf and placed it back in her basket. She had collected several of them.…