Ordinary Time – Season of Stability What is ordinary anyway? Ordinary, run-of-the-mill, normal, status quo? Who determines what is status quo? He gets up every day. She goes to a job where she is surrounded by people and all of the small milestones and major and minor crisis that are part of their lives. He […]
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Ordinary Time – Season of Stability I’ve always preferred leaving parties while they are still going strong rather than waiting until the last minute. That way I can leave with pleasant memories intact, wanting more rather than having had my fill. But there is something to be said about waiting until the last moment. When […]
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Our Lady of the Rosary, October 7 Anxiety, creeping up on me, sneaking up till it grabs me by the throat, like a lion on the prey, swooping in to attack. Little fears and worries grow bigger in an instant. I find myself beset by worries and I don’t know what to do. So I […]
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Ordinary Time – Season of Stability Fall colors everywhere, busting out in a blaze of color, one last hurrah before dropping to the ground. The white of winter has given way to the green of summer and now, the colors long hidden have finally found their chance to burst forth, rich reds and yellows, all […]
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Francis of Assisi, October 4 They come bringing their animals, pets, farm animals, that they might be blessed on the feast of St. Francis, but Francis is about so much more than blessing animals. He is a saint of radical poverty, radical abandonment to God, giving all he had to the poor and sharing their […]
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First there was Hurricane Harvey, leaving a path of destruction in Texas. Then Hurricane Irma in Florida, followed by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and earthquakes in Mexico. Then while driving the other morning I heard about the massive shootings in Las Vegas. Tears slipped down my cheeks as I drove. Enough already! I had […]
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Feast of Guardian Angels, October 2 Angel of God, my guardian dear . . . thus begins the prayer to our guardian angels. The thought that there is an angel watching over each one of us, guiding us in right paths, is a comfort. Like Jiminy Cricket in the Disney version of Pinocchio, this angel […]
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Therese of the Child Jesus, October 1 The little way of Teresa of Lisieux, the little flower. She died so young, too young to truly understand . . . or did she? Youth is no barrier to wisdom, not where God is present. Not where great love is present. “What matters in life,” Theresa wrote, “is […]
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Ordinary Time – Feast of Michael and Gabriel Fierce and terrible in battle, Michael the archangel flashes his sword. Along with the others angels, he leads God’s army. He protects those who are innocent, cuts down those who would harm them. His is a warrior’s spirit, calling to the warrior within, the archetype of battle, […]
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The Life & Culture section of my local newspaper this past Sunday featured an article about a study that showed that people who paid others to complete household tasks were more satisfied with their life. “Working adults in the United States reported higher life satisfaction if they regularly paid to outsource household tasks, such as […]
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