Yo, dog. This is where I am right now. Tomorrow is Synod-y stuff for the AOD. After that, I hope to catch the tail-end of a workshop on “Called and Gifted.” Also–please pray for a talk I’m supposed to give to some kidlets on chastity/ vocation/ life Sunday night…before a dance lesson. Oh, and it’sContinueContinue reading “SQT: Quotes edition”
Monthly Archives: February 2016
Sewer-steam prayer
I don’t know if this happens in other cities (and, for all of my travels, I don’t remember the phenomenon in other places) but, in Detroit, white smoke-y steam billows from our sewers. When we were kids we made up some elaborate, fictional story about this, and told visiting-kids about dragons in the sewer systems.ContinueContinue reading “Sewer-steam prayer”
Synod ’16. Archdiocese of Detroit. Get pumped.
YALLA HABIBI. (^Do you live in an area highly populated by Arabic-speakers? If so, that makes sense. If not: “Let’s go, my love.”) YO, DOG, there are some really, interesting, exciting developments in the Catholic church (A) across the world because the Holy Spirit is always active* and (B) in Detroit. And we’re going toContinueContinue reading “Synod ’16. Archdiocese of Detroit. Get pumped.”
Dinner Party. Deconstructed.
One million years ago, when I was young, I went to Australia with thousands of other youths, because the Pope had invited us. I did things there. Saw kangaroos. Ate lamington (U.S. GET ON YOUR SPONGE CAKE/ CHOCOLATE COATING/ COCONUT GAME)/ Weetabix/ Tim Tams (obvi, this is prior to being diagnosed gluten-free). Also, itContinueContinue reading “Dinner Party. Deconstructed.”
SQT: Hallelujah it’s a weekend!
-1- The plan for tomorrow, Stan, is that I host a nine-course dinner party for twenty people. And I’m super pumped. I’ve got flowers, fine china, all kindsa food, little name tag place cards for people…everything. I even made RSVP cards. My youngest brother, Josh, who is coming and even helping me prep food forContinueContinue reading “SQT: Hallelujah it’s a weekend!”
Kenny, Kenny
This is Kenny. He goes to my tiny church. And I just really, really love him. He gave me a CD he burned a few weeks ago, with all of his favorite songs. Turns out, most of them are my favorite songs, too. He reads at mass sometimes, just like me. Once, when I gotContinueContinue reading “Kenny, Kenny”
Unpopular opinion: Ugh on undercover pro-life vids
How familiar are you, generally, with internet memes? There’s one that’s called the “Unpopular opinion puffin” and it looks like this: Homeboy is the mascot of today’s post. Now, before all of the straw-men are constructed, let me throw out there: I’m a pro-life woman. I’ve stood in the Life Chain since, earnestly, some ofContinueContinue reading “Unpopular opinion: Ugh on undercover pro-life vids”
We’re all covered in salt
My sister and I were walking into mass yesterday and she was like, “ARGH!!” And I turned around like, “What’s wrong, Ceebs?” And she motioned at her pant-leg and said, “How did this get salt on it already??” There, on her black pants, about calf-high, was the mark of the bottom of a boot…the outlineContinueContinue reading “We’re all covered in salt”
Ash Wednesday shenanigans
On Wednesday I sneezed myself awake with a singular sneeze. I’ve been sleeping on the basement couch these past few days, having picked up a bug from a family member. The sneeze was super nasty–the kind of sneeze you sneeze after you’ve been sick for a couple of days and, at night, your sinuses areContinueContinue reading “Ash Wednesday shenanigans”
Lent prep. Starting with the end in mind.
This guy walked out of mass with me today and he said, “Hey, I’m not sure what I should do for Lent.” Oh, rly. Leeeeent. See, I kind of know what I should do. Here’s the deal: if I just do something fluffy and lame like, “Jesus, reveal your heart to mine, OK, amen,”ContinueContinue reading “Lent prep. Starting with the end in mind.”
Seashell Nell 