A Catholic couple. Searching for God in the ordinary. Helping others do the same.
The earliest Halloween costume I recall wearing was that of Snow White. I remember it clearly because it was the first store-bought costume my mom allowed me to have. We grew up, as many kids do, with very little. Most of my clothes were made by my mother who was a gifted seamstress. I was…
Lord Jesus, through the power of the Holy Spirit, go back into my memory as I sleep. Every hurt that has ever been done to me, heal that hurt. Every hurt that I have ever caused another person, heal that hurt. All the relationships that have been damaged in my whole life that I am…
Recently I was praying with the Gospel story, “The Rich Young Man”. I was hit with an overwhelming urge to reflect more personally with the words of Christ. As the Gospel goes… A young man approached Jesus and said, “Teacher, what good must I do to gain eternal life?” He answered him, “Why do you…
My current book while chilling on the bay is a little gem by Fr. Donald Haggerty. To say that the face of God is perpetually concealed expresses a truth. But the metaphor might be completed by insisting that the sound of His breathing can still be heard in the darkness that sometimes hides Him. “Contemplative…