Monthly Archives: March 2014

Sunday Snippets

The Catholic bloggers are out in force this week over at Rann’s place, as Lent begins. Check out this link if you’d like to see what’s on their minds and in their hearts during the early days of this holy season.

As for my own blog posts in recent days, I’ve found a lot to write about in and around my church community– from the stray balloons that provided a reminder that Lent was near; to the impact of the Ash Wednesday liturgy on my heart; to the lesson I took from a day of simple meals; and leading yesterday to a few reflections on our habits of holiness.

 

Let us pause now…to remember that we are in the presence of the Holy One.

 

 

 

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Today’s find: Pew with a view

Things were pretty much a red-hot mess at the beginning of Mass yesterday morning.

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Today’s find: Hunger

They weren’t exactly terms of endearment, the first words my wife—my Paradise Partner—spoke to me this morning: ‘I’m hungry,’ she said. But I took no offense, because frankly, I resembled that remark.

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Today’s find: Beginning…with the end in sight.

The ashes were all around me at Mass this morning, and yet I found myself drawn to a different word in the liturgy.

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Today’s find: Mylar and My Lenten Heart

The mylar balloons have been there for a couple of weeks now…bumping up against the beams, in the highest reaches of our church building — a good 50 feet or so from the floor.

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Out of reach…up against the rafters.

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