I don’t know about you, but we are experiencing a lot a rainy weather lately. I arrived home the other day and the sun was shining on me, yet the rain was coming down on my car. It was almost like the cartoon where there is a storm cloud in just one spot. Life can… Continue reading Can you see the rainbow?
Do you ever feel incapable to pray?
I admit to struggling sometimes to know how or what to pray for. The past month has been a rollercoaster of joys and sadness, happy occasions in the same breath as sad. Feeling overwhelmed with ‘all the things’ can almost feel normal. Have you ever been in that spot? What do you do? I was… Continue reading Do you ever feel incapable to pray?
Are you sowing good seeds?
Every year when I hear the Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13) it makes me think about the seeds that I am sowing in my life and the lives of others. The thing I have learned about growth is that I have no control over the rate or the harvest. I can only plant and… Continue reading Are you sowing good seeds?
What breaks your heart?
This phrase “it breaks my heart” or “it’s heart-breaking” is occupying my thoughts of late. Some of it is more light hearted and some of it is of the more serious variety. In the journey of our (hopefully) long lives, there are many moments that feel like your heart is literally breaking in good or… Continue reading What breaks your heart?
Have you learned a good lesson lately?
So it occurred to me earlier in the week when I was sitting down to write after a long stretch that perhaps there is a lesson to be learned from the time away. I was also reminded by a friend that as we face trials and different circumstances in life, we often forget to let… Continue reading Have you learned a good lesson lately?
Did you take a detour? Are you back on track?
Yes, it’s been a “hot minute” since I have posted. Did I think about it? Absolutely. Did I log in to do it? No, I did not. You may ask, ‘what happened?” Well, like most people on the planet, life just intervened. My class got really busy, the school year’s end with all the things… Continue reading Did you take a detour? Are you back on track?
Are you stopping to see / smell the flowers?
Spring has sprung and the sunlight is peeking out in a beautiful pink/purple morning light as I drive to work. I have to hop on the highway a short way to make it to work. As I was sitting, waiting for the light to turn green this week, I noticed all the wildflowers by the… Continue reading Are you stopping to see / smell the flowers?
He is risen! Have you?
Happy Easter! The beauty of Easter is that the celebration last for eight days- today is the last day of the octave of Easter. So the church celebration is over but is it? Think about it for a moment. The resurrection of Jesus Christ changed the world. Is it really just celebrated for eight days?… Continue reading He is risen! Have you?
Do you have the faith of Martha and Mary?
This week’s readings are all about the rising and it’s a foreshadowing of what is to come at Easter- the resurrection. There are signs in many books of the Bible, and I wonder if we like the Isrealites or Jewish people of the time, are just not paying attention. Even in her grief, Martha reaches… Continue reading Do you have the faith of Martha and Mary?
Who is Saint Joseph?
Do you know that it’s the feast of St. Joseph today? Are you wearing (or did you wear) read? On a Catholic calendar, there is at least one saint per day. I enjoy seeing them each day and sometimes wonder about their life and wonder what they are the patron saint of and why should… Continue reading Who is Saint Joseph?