finding hope in a busy world
Right now, I feel helpless. And this is exactly how the actions of the new administration are designed to make me feel. If people feel helpless, they begin to feel hopeless. If people feel hopeless, they give up or give in. But Catholics have a secret weapon. Our entire faith is built upon Hope. We… Continue reading helpless or filled with hope
Pope Francis announced the 2025 Jubilee year as a year of Hope. Hope sounds good to me. It feels as if, lately, our communities have spent an extraordinary amount of time focused on fear. This Jubilee year feels like the perfect time to shift away from the fear of the unknown and into the hope… Continue reading jubilee hope
I miss the Church that sought to balance the shepherding of God’s people with acknowledging that those same people had the freedom to use their well-formed consciences to make moral decisions.
It’s okay not to be okay. Right now, things in the world are not okay, but I’ve been talking to your kids and they are doing just fine. They love the walks you’re taking together as a family. They love gathering around the dinner table. Game nights and movie nights make them laugh and cry… Continue reading your kids are okay
Lent is coming. What are you giving up? This is the question heard across generations as we enter into the season of Lent. Innocent children and their experienced grandparents are curious, both about the question and its answer. We all want to know. What are you giving up? Before we crawl into one another's minds,… Continue reading a suffering lent
"I'll pray for you."
This is what we say to other people of faith when we don't know what else to say. We hear words proclaiming sickness or family strife or difficult decisions and then we nod, with sympathetic eyes, and say the words. I'll pray for you.
I do. I do pray. I throw that prayer up to God and let it float away, wondering as I watch it go if it will find its way...make its mark...even matter at all.
god forever tries 