Talents
We are all given talents - gifts, that is. Jesus even taught about this in the parable where the 3 individuals were given varying talents. He goes away for a while and returns later to see how these talents were used... It sounds like a talent is like a dollar, but...
John 3:16 and beyond
I've not been in a reflective mood of late. But, Sunday, I was back at mass at St. Mary's and, as happens on most Sundays, the homily caused me to stop and reflect. For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not...
The most peaceful place…
I'm home again. I've been reminded that the most peaceful, glorious place to be is with a baby and/or toddler asleep in your arms. The world is right; the universe is right; God is present. It creates the sense of resting in God - or perhaps God resting with you.
Quiet
I'm sitting here in the quiet - I've been listening to the Hallelujah song from Shrek with Lily, but she's gone off to play group and I have an hour or so to just sit and be. I must admit to some apprehension when I was on my way down to spend the week. My...
I Am?
Wordpress.com has this option to show "possibly related links." And, Creo en Dios! is a Wordpress.com blog... which brings me to reading Susan's blog, and finding a "possibly related link" to a guy who's hot to discredit Ekhart Tolle... and a posting about "Who do you...
Lord, give me patience – NOW!
Yesterday afternoon provided me the opportunity to observe just how impatient I really am. As I sat through a 2 hours and 45 minute departmental meeting (which could have been completed in an hour, to be honest), I found myself scribbling notes along the lines of...
Rain
*The university shut down at 11 am today (tornadoes, rugged weather - the remnants of Fay). Nice day to reflect on all that I am grateful for. For my youngest child's graduation from college For the same son getting a job almost immediately, doing something it seems...
Who is Jesus to you?
Thursday evening after choir practice, [Fr.] Alex, Timothy and I stood around in the parking lot, sharing and discussing recent readings. I love to watch Alex when he gets going. He starts to talk about Jesus and his faith and his entire being lights up. Timothy too...
Mary, again
I've long had difficulty with traditional Marian traditions/prayers/worship. Probably partly stems from my Calvinist introduction to Christianity. But, I think it may go deeper than that. I believe it involves the traditional image of Mary who honor is that she was...
When it rains, it pours
That's what it feels like right now. We went away on vacation. But, we've not had too much company this summer. And then Bang! in August, I suddenly don't have room... I feel a bit like the Innkeeper in the Nativity story. Everyone in town at once, and not enough rooms.
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North American Vincentian Family Gathering
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The 2023 North American Vincentian Family Gathering will be held October 26-29 at DePaul University in Chicago, IL. The theme is Harmony in Diversity: Working for Social Justice and Fostering a Culture of Encounter through the Arts via a community-based, intergenerational experience of creativity and the arts to build up together a culture of encounter which embraces diversity in harmony.
More information here: HARMONY IN DIVERSITY