The Angel Gabriel
This morning my husband came out with an interesting take on the Angel Gabriel. Yesterday, the Gospel reading told the story of Zechariah being struck silent when he did questioned the idea that his wife Elizabeth would finally conceive and bear a child. Today, the…
Doll babies
Did you ever wonder?… When you give a toddler a baby doll Why it is that the first thing to be done It to remove the clothes – all the clothes Naked baby – just baby No clothes in the way Just baby I wonder why? Is it because they still remember…
Rainy Day Sunset
I was browsing through some old stuff on my other site, and found some of my poetry. Rainy Day Sunset The fiery orange beach ball slips slowly lower on the grey horizon leading the orange-pink laced remnant of pale grey into oblivion
Guadalupe
Today is the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe – Patroness of the Americas… And our little bilingual Parish will celebrate in style. The church is decorated with with rosies and the very anglo, fair Mary that usually positions herself near the front of the…
Immaculate Conception
[Note:It’s easy to remember my niece’s birthday as she shares it with the Feast of the Immaculate Conception…] This a season of Mary as well as of the coming of Jesus. It’s rather like we need to see what came before to get to the gift of the…