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 youngContinueContinue reading “Holy Week”
Category Archives: Faith
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 JesusContinueContinue reading “Holy Week. I wish I was better prepared.”
Encountering mercy
I went to adoration last night and everything was kind of a hot mess. I came from circus class, so I was wearing an odd assortment of workout gear and baggy clothes, colorful striped socks and riding boots, to begin with. There was a lady in the front pew who kept dozing off (110% judgementContinueContinue reading “Encountering mercy”
Lent. Desert. Facebook.
I want to get on Facebook. I want to get on really badly. This is what Lent looks like. I’m at work, and I usually click to that page of photos when I’m in need of a quick emotional fix. Someone cusses at me at work. Someone catches me making an honest mistake. Someone saysContinueContinue reading “Lent. Desert. Facebook.”
A tiny poem | Be thou brave
Let us do the things that scare us. Let us not be afraid to fail. Let us attempt the things we have never before tried, the things we do not yet know how to do, the lessons we have far from mastered. Let us extend our hands to those we have never met, Ask theContinueContinue reading “A tiny poem | Be thou brave”
Spotlight. Soundboard. Safety.
Warning: adult-y serious post. Names and situations have been changed or generalized to protect the innocent. Last weekend was the award ceremony-show known as the “Oscars.” For the record, I don’t think I have ever watched an award ceremony on the television. Generally speaking, there are many other ways I’d rather spend my time. But,ContinueContinue reading “Spotlight. Soundboard. Safety.”
His gift to me
Over New Year’s I went on my favorite retreat and it was, as it often is, a huge source of grace in my life and heart. One phrase from the retreat has been echoing in my mind these past three months–over and over. There was a “Vocation Panel” one afternoon. I was ready to sitContinueContinue reading “His gift to me”
Can men (like a Pope/ Saint) be friends with women (philosophers)??11?
Oh, lawd. I’m going to start out with: this is my opinion (and my blog). If you disagree with me, you can tell me and we can discuss via comment-section 4-ever. Here’s an age-old question for the masses: Can men and women be friends? Like, really-friends? Not where, secretly, they just want to “take itContinueContinue reading “Can men (like a Pope/ Saint) be friends with women (philosophers)??11?”
SQT: Quotes edition
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”
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”
Seashell Nell 