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April 2017

April 03, 2017

Jesus Is My Plumber

Disgusting, that’s what it was. This morning, after watching the sink slowly fill up and...

December 2015

December 24, 2015

Merry Christmas!

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September 2015

September 09, 2015

Busy, Busy, Busy

God, I want the rest of today to be a good day. I want to...

September 04, 2015

Five Minute Friday: Yes

I was so angry. So confused. I didn’t even go in the Adoration Chapel, because...

August 2015

August 03, 2015

The Most Reliable High

“It’s the most reliable high I know of.” I told someone that, yesterday. I was...

July 2015

July 24, 2015

Five Minute Friday: Ten

Lord, I am filled with anger and animosity, and I want You to take it...

May 2015

May 15, 2015

Five Minute Friday: Follow

Your words have grown faint and your footsteps have long dimmed from erosion. There is...

April 2015

April 28, 2015

Draw me…

To the One who is both Host and Guest, Master and Servant, Lover and Beloved:...

May 2014

May 23, 2014

Five Minute Friday: Close

“Just like me, they long to be close to you.” Not sure why that’s that...

January 2014

January 06, 2014

Bold, Frankincense, and Myrrh

“There!”“Where?”“Out there! See?”“Oh, now I do. In the East.”“Yes. That cloud of dust.”“That’s a caravan,...

February 2013

February 01, 2013

Five Minute Friday: Afraid

Let’s just put the cards on the table right at the beginning and play this...

December 2012

December 24, 2012

Wood of the Cradle, Wood of the Cross

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone in the whole world, but especially to my...

July 2011

July 29, 2011

Stuff Catholics Like: Love Wins (Part I)

If you haven’t already figured it out by some of my earlier blog entries, I’m...

June 2011

June 28, 2011

For Crying Out Loud!

Image by Up Your Ego via Flickr We’re not too fond of humiliation in this...

June 26, 2011

Religious Enthusiasm

I can’t help it sometimes… I read something about Jesus and how He has done...

June 16, 2011

Mysterious, All Right

Not be be confused with a song by U2, there’s a hymn dating from 1774...

April 2011

April 24, 2011

Easter Celebration!

Image by Lawrence OP via Flickr Since today is Easter, this is just a post...

April 21, 2011

Stuff Catholics Like: Palm Sunday

Oh yeah, bring on the Palms. It’s the craft of crafts, for the King of...

April 14, 2011

Stuff Catholics Like: Single Ladies & Beyoncé

Image via Wikipedia All the single ladies, that is! Put your hands up, hands up!...

March 2011

March 08, 2011

Stuff Catholics Like: Sunday Mass

  Lately, I've been amused by a blog called Stuff Christians Like, (now a book,...

August 2009

August 02, 2009

How can I keep from singing?

We sang this song at the 9:00 a.m. Mass the morning, and it just perfectly...

July 2009

July 27, 2009

Why do I do the things that I hate?

This just dropped from nowhere this morning: Why do I do the things that I...

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