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Well, it’s been one calendar year since I received the sacraments of initiation. What a year! I can’t wait to see what tomorrow brings. I want to take some time and read some of my journals from this time last year. Speaking of reading, one of the unicorn books I mentioned in The Good Friday […]
I usually have a song in mind when I’m writing and today it is this cover of “Tomorrow” from Haley Klinkhammer. For my very dear friend, you know who you are. If I could sing, I would sing this song for you! I bought “Pentecost with the Church Fathers: A Seven-Week Retreat on the Person […]
A week and a half ago, I saw a post in the Catholic Converts group on Facebook asking if anyone would like to join an online study group for St. Teresa of Avila’s The Interior Castle, specifically the Study Edition. I meant to reply and express interest, but that was when I was in the […]
Merry Christmas, Reader! I’m going to write a better post about Christmas and gifts, but for now have a long rambling journal entry. Sorry! Someone (Father Mike) reminded me today that this is my first Christmas post-Baptism. I hadn’t thought about this until he said that but upon reflection, I recognize that it felt very […]
I think it’s been about a week since I last wrote something. This week, really this month has been so busy. I’m just so tired. Life right now has me like this: But that’s okay! Soon it will be winter break and then I’ll spend a day or two next to the fireplace with my […]
This morning, I was able to walk to my little spot in the back woods and pray the morning prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours. The sunrise was so beautiful: I didn’t realize that today was Saint Ambrose’s feast day before praying the morning prayer. I need to mark more of the saint’s days […]
When I try to convey how it felt growing up without religion, the image of deep, stormy water is most helpful. This image is a common and easily understood metaphor- “I was in over my head,” “I was drowning,” “I was sinking” are all used to describe feelings of desolation, chaos, danger, abandonment. Contrast this […]
I’m reading “Memento Mori: An Advent Companion on the Last Things” by Sr. Theresa Altheia Noble, FSP for Advent, which starts tomorrow. Within the first few pages, she shares this quote by Blessed James Alberione: I love this quote. It strikes at the poetic heart of Christianity and would make an amazing painting- a wheel […]
After my cohort graduated from RCIA, Julie (the RCIA catechist) gave us each a Word on Fire edition of The Gospels. Incidentally, I wonder if “graduated” is the right word. On one hand, it implies a kind of tiered finality that I don’t like. The Sacraments of Initiation are a door, not a destination. But […]
If you’ve read many entries from this blog, you know that I listen to music when I work or write. It is easier to focus if the part of my brain that is always humming a song or praying has something to think about. Another thing that helps is playing with one of those desk […]
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