A Catholic couple. Searching for God in the ordinary. Helping others do the same.
You may think this is a sacrilegious post… pounding a few bottles of Merlot before Ash Wednesday. ’tis not the case (pun intended). No, I’m taking this newly discovered season of Septuagesima seriously and putting it into practice as the Church intended many years ago. Just as a couch potato shouldn’t expect to finish a…
You know that feeling when you’ve reached a summit and felt the greatest sense of accomplishment? Sometimes our summits are grand. Sometimes they appear miniscule. Don’t judge your accomplishments by their appearance. For some people success is simply being faithful to the little things. Today’s summit was not giving into the temptation to play games…
Detachment can be good for the person who is actively detaching (letting go, removing, putting away). It can also save the other. It’s time to remove the hummingbird feeder. It makes me a little sad because I’m not a cold weather person and – unlike all my FB friends – pumpkin spice lattes aren’t on…
As a result of this, many of His disciples returned to their former way of life and no longer accompanied Him. John 6:66 Every year during the Third Week of Easter we reflect on the “Bread of Life Discourse” in the Gospels at Mass. This morning I was praying with John 6:60-69 and was stopped…