As long as I have lived here, almost 30 years now, a mockingbird has arrived every spring and stayed until the approach of winter.
Prayer
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
During Advent, we need to remember God wants us to rest.
What, though, if we constructed a boundary between our time and God’s, and made time stop?
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Cold Showers: Dec. 15, Third Thursday of Advent
To submit to the baptism of John is to admit that we don’t always get it right, in a myriad of ways.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Oakland bishop prays for victims and responders to Oakland fire
As of Dec. 6, the death toll was 36 and officials said that no additional bodies have been recovered.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I had given up on prayer. Depression taught me how much I needed it.
Without the weeks I spent easing back into prayer, I would not be alive today.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Iraqi Christians in America pray for the chance to see their families again.
They “pray, pray” that family members can get out of northern Iraq before a major Islamic State attack.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
A Shrine for the Year of Mercy
Mary is always shining in her window, watching over the street below. I have grown grateful for this rarefied presence, respectful and inclined toward pious feelings when I pass.
Posted inFaith, Of Many Things
Buying my first house made me rethink what Pope Francis means by a “common home”
Pope Francis reminds us to challenge ourselves to each day give of ourselves and not to count the cost.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Signs Of the Times
D.C. Affirms Assisted Suicide
This bill discriminates against our African-American and Hispanic neighbors, sick seniors, the disabled, the uninsured and all who are vulnerable in our community, said Michael Scott, director of the D.C. Catholic Conference.
Posted inFaith, The Word
Stay Awake!
At an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come. (Mt 24:44)