Dede
My big sister Dede tragically passed away this week, the report stated heart failure. I am still in shock. This photo was taken just last Sunday, she is in the middle between my sister Mary Grace and myself. She struggled, like all of us, with parts of life. The beauty of what I learned through her particular struggle is a play book that should be used by everyone because as my spiritual director says: “Weez all crippled-- weez all broke-- some just realize it more than other
Holy Smoke
I am sure I am not the only one who saw the devastating fire that swept through Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Monday as a very tangible metaphor for what is currently taking place within the Catholic Church at large. Holy Week began with a scene so shocking it will forever be seared into our mind’s eye. But even though the inferno raged, as if being stoked by the very fires of hell itself, what withstood the onslaught of heat and fury was equally stunning. After the fireme
Blessed!
Do you know what BLESSED means? It means “happy” and the Greek word is: Makários (from mak-, "become long, large") – literally, God extends (makes large) His grace to us. And when He does, all kinds of good can come from it, like this: Eirḗnē (from eirō, "to join, tie together into a whole") – properly, wholeness, when all essential parts are joined together, peace comes (God's gift of wholeness). Jesus tells us in the Beatitudes what a truly blessed person looks like--but fu
crazy-good
Every now and again life surprises you with an experience that is beyond words, crazy-good, immeasurably joyful! That happened to me this past week. While visiting Jordan I was wowed by the grandeur of Petra, found a beautifully striped beetle, climbed over rocks of every imaginable hue, smelled flowers perfumed to the highest heavens, tasted fruit I never knew existed and rode a donkey, horse and camel-- all in a matter of hours! We crossed terrain that looked like the surfa
