Response: I Will See God in the World Around Me — Cheryl Prayer After Communion Look with kindness upon your people, O Lord, and grant, we pray, that those you were pleased to renew by eternal mysteries may attain in their flesh the incorruptible glory of the resurrection. Through Christ our Lord. I encountered that […]
The Call: Book Learning — Jessica It is one of the paradoxes of life that the more you read and learn the more you realize how little you know. Which, in my case, prompts me to order more books from Amazon. Response: Beauty in Death — Cheryl Equating death with beauty seems paradoxical, but in […]
The Cross — Jessica Every week I get some Catholic “item” in the mail. Whether it’s a rosary, a prayer card or in this case, a little crucifix, they all come with appeals to donate money to some religious community or worthy charity. That’s a lot of appeals and that’s a lot of guilt when […]
The Call: In the Corner — Cheryl I equate penance with discipline, but I no longer equate discipline with punishment. My kids, I think, are thankful for that. Discipline comes from the word “disciple,” which refers to a follower, not to an underling, a slave, or an inferior. My children are my disciples (I know […]