Archive | June 2018
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Amazing Weather Event
My parents and I made a trip up to the cabin today. When we arrived, we noticed the familiar yellow pollen from the pine trees had covered the deck. In the afternoon, some small thunderstorms moved in, but cleared enough to go out for a walk. My mom wanted to identify the numerous wildflowers that […]
Protection During Mission
Our neighbors returned from their month long mission trip working with Syrian refugees and we got together tonight. They had plenty of stories of how God was present during their trip. One was that while they were away, neither of them were ill despite the slums that they traveled through every day and the fact […]
Think
Today I went for a walk with a friend. I had taken the trail through the park a couple of times before. It passes the back of several apartments and homes that are bordered by fences. This time, I saw something different that caught my eye. On the fence that was facing the trail, there […]
Back To Class
At my mom’s exercise class, there are college interns who help. While the school had a break for 2 weeks, so did the exercise class. Today they started back up again. It was somewhat like a reunion. You would have thought we hadn’t seen each other in years. Everyone was so happy to get back […]
African Priest Connection
Today at church, we had a priest visiting from Tanzania. He came to talk about the destitution that is there and try to rally some financial support for a school he is building. He talked about the celebration of the Feast of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ today. Catholics are connected by this […]
Communions
A friend of mine who happens to be a priest always shares his homilies and I love reading them now that I live far away. When I read his words, it reminds me why and how much my faith grew when I was able to hear him in person. Tomorrow we celebrate the SOLEMNITY OF THE […]
Miraculous Staircase
When my cousins left here, they were headed to Santa Fe and planned on stopping by the Loretto Chapel. The chapel was once a Catholic Church and now is a museum. It holds the “Miraculous Staircase”, named as such due to the amazing circular structure that still baffles experts. The builder is also unknown. It […]
Still Finding God 