When Jesus heard this he said, “This illness is not to end in death” – John 11: 4a Thus says the Lord GOD: O my people, I will open your graves and have you rise from them, and bring you back to the land of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the LORD,Continue reading >>
Yesterday’s Mail
I knew I was going to be irked as soon as I saw the envelope: “Documents on the War on Catholic Youth and our Church enclosed”. I was too curious to throw the envelope away, and I opened it to find a “survey” and appeal from an organization for which someone dear to me volunteers,Continue reading >>
Healing
With more than my share of quirks and peccadilloes, I am hesitant to pose the question “What is wrong with me?” But over the last few weeks of coughing and sniffling, then hoarseness, then feeling fine again, then scratchy throat, now maybe reflux, maybe whooping cough/lung cancer/brain tumor or whatever malaise I can imagine lyingContinue reading >>
Spirituality of abundance
With all the snow this week I was pretty concerned that I might not be able to get my throat blessed on this Memorial of St. Blase. My four-wheel-drive didn’t let me down this morning, and I got to the chapel in time for mass and for the traditional throat-blessing. The parish in which IContinue reading >>
God in All Things
One of the dangers of working in a Jesuit environment is that certain buzzwords are tossed around with great frequency: AMDG, men for others, God in all things, etc. I am enough of a ritualist to see value in using the terms even when our mouths are moving more than our hearts. I am stillContinue reading >>
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