Angel
Look Up
Today on The Epiphany of the Lord, I heard the usual Scripture story of the wise men finding Jesus in the manger by following His star. The priest’s homily led me to reflect on this story a little further. The magi were what I will call secular – they were not of a religious background. […]
Church and Lights
My parents and I went to church tonight to celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary. After, we decided to look at Christmas lights. A friend told me where there was a house that had the lights synchronized to music. What I remembered from the directions was to go up a certain road […]
Apprehensive Attila
My mom is reading a book called, “Keeper of the Keys: A Life of Pope Pius XII”, by Thomas McDermott written in 1946. The book includes some history of previous popes. She read one short story to me and my dad that I found fascinating: “When Attila, whose Huns had made of Europe a charnel […]
One Step at a Time
My sister has had to begin the excruciating process of looking for a new job. I have heard that it is a full time job looking for a full time job. She confirmed that. She spends hours a day on the computer searching and completing forms and applications. Naturally it can be incredibly overwhelming. When […]
Angel of the Day
My sister was feeling rather down today and missing her son who joined the Navy. Because he is in boot camp, she hasn’t talked with him in 2 weeks now. She went to the grocery store this evening and came upon a man who used to live in her neighborhood. She hadn’t seen him for […]
Angel in the Sky
We had a little break from the winter weather today, so we decided to spend the day at the cabin. The sunshine, the snow on the mountains, and the clear blue sky was just gorgeous. When we arrived and got everything settled, I went out on the deck. The air was so crisp and clear. […]
The Magical Touch
The other day we spent some time at the cabin in the mountains. The old dishwasher has been making a terrible grinding sound coming from the motor and we have been wondering how long it will last. We started it yesterday and it went for a while, but then it stopped and just made clicking sounds. […]
Pushed by an Angel
Yesterday I saw a video of a little boy who caught his baby brother when he fell off the changing table. The mom had turned away for a moment and the 18 month old baby wiggled to the edge of the table and tumbled over. His 9 year old brother just happened to be walking […]
Angel on the Trail
It has been just over a year now since my sister broke her leg. She was a long time in a boot and then therapy to learn to walk on it again. Since then she has been working hard to get back to “normal”. She, my other sister, and I decided to go for a […]
Singing With the Angels
My mom’s brother was an incredible singer – especially in his youth. When he was about 12 years old, he won multiple competitions leading him to sing a solo at the Chicagoland Music Festival in Soldier’s Field in front of a crowd of about 61,000. He actually won first place that year. Metropolitan Opera singer […]
Still Finding God 