Posted in main on Jun 8th, 2011
This morning one of the members of my Cursillo reunion group announced that she has to leave the group. Of course, our first reaction was “NOT ALLOWED.” But then we listened to her fill in the blanks… and it was good news and bad. The bad of course is that one of our close knit [...]
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Posted in main on Oct 10th, 2010
I have a favorite commercial right — I think is a Subaru commercial. I’m more sure it is a car company commercial. The scene is the father leaning into the window of the parked car, saying things like: “Buckle your seat belt.” and “Are your mirrors adjusted?” The focus shifts to a young girl (maybe [...]
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Posted in main on Dec 16th, 2009
In Matthew’s gospel, Jesus tells us “…unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” I was thinking of this today as I was listening to music from the Mexican Baroque period. That led me to my experience of the celebrations of our Latino community in my parish. [...]
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Posted in main on Jul 23rd, 2008
While praying morning prayers this morning (I use the Magnificat book), I found myself being prayed for: free those who conceal their hearts in falsehood and betray the trust of others… That slammed me. I do keep many things closed in. I hide myself and my heart so often. Sometimes out of embarrassment; sometimes out [...]
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