Did you want to take a quick minute and talk about CIRCUS?!?! I thought so. Yo, so, I showed up at class yesterday and the teachers said, "Nell, come here," and I did and they handed me an envelope and I was like, "What's this?" AND IT TURNS OUT IT WAS TWO FREE TICKETS TOContinue reading "Circus strong!!!!"
Dom Gregory Dix: Was ever another command so obeyed?
Otherwise, I forget...
So this is 29
Here's the thing about birthdays: it is the oldest you have ever been. So, there are any number of people turning, say, seventeen today. And, to me, that seems very, very young and what not. But, to them, it is the oldest they have ever been. And they're probably dealing with a bit of angstContinue reading "So this is 29"
Easter/ Divine Mercy message
"What if," and I said this low, almost at a whisper, "it never comes back?" "I was thinking about this at church," I continued, "what if I'm just in the dark for the rest of time, and heaven feels super far away, and God stays silent, and..." "LIES," he interrupted. And then he said theContinue reading "Easter/ Divine Mercy message"
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Snapshots of the life
Mostly from this weekend. Because who doesn't love a good photo-log, right? Amiright? Here are some things I have been up to, in no order. No order at all. Saturday through Monday up in here... And that's just positively that.
Michigan Weather and God
I realized a day or two ago that I'm often tempted to treat God like I treat the Michigan weather...which is to say, "Not all that trustworthy." A few weeks ago, it snowed heavy, heavy snow. Then, a few days later, we had a warm weather spell, which means my heaviest sweaters were retired, andContinue reading "Michigan Weather and God"
Happy Easter, little chickens!
My family attends the Easter Vigil, a service that starts at sundown and stretches for hours and hours until midnight is passed. We started years ago, when some of my family members became Catholic, because it is that day when adults and children not-still-babies are anointed with oil and water and prayers. But, I digress.Continue reading "Happy Easter, little chickens!"
Holy Week
There are few places, spaces, events, moments these days that draw together the entirety of the peoples. Maybe this is more apparent to me because I was homeschooled, so I never knew age-lumping until college. But, really, besides the sacred or secular feasts (Christmas, for instance, maybe Thanksgiving), when do the old and the youngContinue reading "Holy Week"
Holy Week. I wish I was better prepared.
Last Sunday was Palm Sunday. By a stroke of hey-my-life-is-full-of-the-unexpected, I ended up attending two Palm Sunday masses, both just outside of Boston. On Palm Sunday, we turn and face the back of the church, and the priest blesses palms (imported, obviously, ain't no palms this far north) and we read the story of JesusContinue reading "Holy Week. I wish I was better prepared."
Seashell Nell 