Sunday was the first day Stuart was able to go hunting this season so I said I would make him a hunter’s pie and pumpkin pie for dessert. I like to use a rough-puff pastry-like pie crust recipe that is very finicky but ultimately fun to work with and makes hundreds of little flaky layers. […]
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Pouring Out, Pouring In
I’ve always loved this little poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 – 1950): First Fig My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends— It gives a lovely light! In college this used to pop into my head as I studied late into […]
Part Twenty Five: Sacraments
I woke up early on Holy Saturday, April 8th struck with the realization that the next morning, I would wake up Catholic, an adopted daughter of God. At Mass on Sunday morning, how would I feel when praying “Our Father,” abba, my Father? How would it feel to receive Communion and participate in my first […]
Part Twenty-Three: An Education in Grief
Chrism Mass I took most of the week leading up to Easter off so I could attend Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and go down to Lafayette for the Chrism Mass. Also, my sister was driving all the way from Kansas to be there for Easter Vigil. On the way down to Lafayette, I wrote in […]
Part Twenty-Two: Adoration
The tipsy-in-love feeling lasted for a few days. By the evening of March 29th, the in-love feeling was still there, but I didn’t feel tipsy anymore. This was great because I had planned to attend Eucharistic adoration for the first time that evening and driving in that state would have been difficult. Beaver Lake Adoration […]
Notes from “Inspiring Presence: A Eucharistic Encounter for All Ages” Event
I had never heard of Dr. Scott Hahn before the Inspiring Presence event, but the many Facebook advertisements that popped up in my feed assured me he was both a prolific author and a respected biblical scholar. How can you say no to that for 20 bucks? The talk by Scott Hahn did not disappoint […]
Sufferings of my To-Be-Read Pile
Over the weekend I was able to attend an event sponsored by the Diocese of Gary: Inspiring Presence: A Eucharistic Encounter for All Ages which featured a presentation by Dr. Scott Hahn. The event was held at Bishop Noll School in Hammond which is a school I have known of for a while because they […]
Part Twelve: An Academic Exercise
I met with Father Mike the following Wednesday, November 23 at Sorrowful Mother. Like a good student, I found the Symbolon series on Formed and printed the study guides, rewatched “The Eucharist: Source & Summit of Christian Life” episode, took notes, and answered all the questions in the guide. The first time I watched it, […]
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