Yesterday the library had a small Juneteenth celebration. I was glad I read the entire email explaining the origins of Juneteenth, because just looking at the date, my first thought was – “Is this a summer solstice celebration?” Turns out it is a commemoration of the…

A few Sundays ago, I noticed that we had done mass in 3/4 time – every song, every proper except the Gospel Acclamation (and a few bars of the Lamb of God) were 3/4. Rather a musical pun on the entire hour – to have all of the music in waltz time. Mass is…

A few days ago, a couple of lost souls in the library asked me for directions. I pointed, and talked, and watched them, so I could offer course corrections for a bit.  I think they made it to their destination, but I don’t know how many more times they had to…

The past couple of weeks have been rather [emotionally] intense. There were several days where the object of my anger wore the face of a priest – the pastor at our parish. He’s one of those people in my life in whom I see and sense a very deep and intense…

I’m still struggling with this one… partly because my will is probably out of line with God’s will, but I know that my will is often shortsighted and limited in scope. This is a really thorny concept for me – demanding that I release more…