The women of Detroit are a regal, scrappy bunch. Anywhere else why would reign as Queens CEO’s Celebrated leaders of parliament– Well-loved by nations via Parades on their birthdays and their faces on Postage stamps. We would see them in our newspapers, Pray for them in church. The potential has been sucker-punched away, though, byContinueContinue reading “Queens. In secondhand dresses.”
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BEST SAINT STORY YOU’LL HEAR TODAY
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT A MAN NAMED VITALIS OF GAZA? I will tell you. The man was a hermit, which means he lived a life of sparse pleasures, yo, and a lot of fasting and what not. Probably bugs, too. Well, one day he decided to just not be a hermit anymore,ContinueContinue reading “BEST SAINT STORY YOU’LL HEAR TODAY”
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.ContinueContinue 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 youngContinueContinue reading “Holy Week”
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.”
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.”
Tiny blessing prayer
A blessing, sweet Jesus, a blessing I ask your blessing tonight Bless my home and my friends, All assigned odds and ends, That all would turn out alright. A blessing, sweet Jesus, a blessing As I strive to do your will Amidst the questions in my mind And the struggle to be kind I prayContinueContinue reading “Tiny blessing prayer”
Post-modern ministry and new evangelization and the way my mind works these days
On Monday on received a phone call at noon. So, I went to take the call outside. (This is very “If you give a mouse a cookie…”) I realized that I didn’t want to stand still and talk (for it is cold and I am Nell), so I started walking around the block. And IContinueContinue reading “Post-modern ministry and new evangelization and the way my mind works these days”
And the Good News is this…
I have a darling friend, Chester (name changed), who goes to my church. He’s an older man, dark-skinned and missing teeth. If you didn’t know any better, you might think that he was homeless. But, he’s not homeless. He just walks with a bit of a shuffle, wears a scraggly beard, and sometimes smells likeContinueContinue reading “And the Good News is this…”
Seashell Nell 