Archive | August 2024
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The Race Car
Since my grandson was a child he has been obsessed with race cars. He would make detailed tracks out of cardboard and put his hot wheels on them. He even learned how to make stop motion videos, creating his own stories with crashes and cotton ball smoke. When he lived near a race track, he […]
Finding Waldo
This morning I opened my favorite Hallow app and listened to a meditation on today’s scripture reading for Mass. The reflection by biblical scholar Jeff Cavins likened our search for God with looking for Waldo in the Where’s Waldo books. He relayed 7 benefits of finding Waldo and how they were the same as the benefits […]
Carrying Our Cross
I prayed a rosary this morning particularly for a friend who is in the hospital. She has been there longer than anticipated and continues to struggle. I came to the 4th sorrowful mystery, which is Jesus carrying the Cross. As I pondered this image, I remembered the scripture from Matthew 11:28-30: “Come to me, all […]
Cookies For Compassion
One of our neighbors and her granddaughters had a lemonade and cookie stand today. The older granddaughter had the idea to raise money for a charity. Her grandmother has been sponsoring a young woman in Haiti through Compassion International since she was 10 years old. She had pictures of her from when she was a […]
Faith Through Struggles
This afternoon I was able to talk with my neighbor to find out how his wife was doing. She has been in the hospital, having had surgery over a week ago. While she is getting better in one way, she is still struggling in others. He doesn’t yet know when she may be able to […]
Joyful Visitor
When my son bought his house a few years back, two of his friends moved in as well and rented rooms. After a couple years, both of them became engaged and moved out. One of the previous roommates moved out of the city, but comes a couple days each month for work purposes. Then he […]
Appropriate Saint
I regularly listen to prayers and podcasts on the Hallow app. Today a new series started about the lives of different saints. The one they started with was St. Sebastian who is the patron saint of athletes. The story is being read by John Mazzulla who is the head coach of the Boston Celtics. Only […]
Brother-in-law Angel
Today was my brother-in-law’s birthday. He has been working diligently to finish clearing out their apartment so he can move out to the east coast. My sister moved out there almost a year ago as their retirement house was ready sooner than they anticipated. Their plan was for my brother-in-law to finish up his job […]
Mass With Family
Since my mom died, my son and his wife have been making a concerted effort to go to Mass with me. I went this afternoon as tomorrow morning I will need to be taking care of my other son’s dog. My son, his wife, and my granddaughter were at church too. It was a blessing […]
Same But Different
Today a far away friend called who I have known for many years. As we were talking, we decided we met about 20 years ago when my youngest son was about 10. When we would get together at that time, we mostly talked about our kids, our faith and our struggles. Many times we would […]
Still Finding God 