Can it really be a year since Brother Marvin died?
…Since he became, as one of his fellow Christian Brothers put it, “Saint Marvin of Glencoe”?
And blessing of blessings: here I am today, back on holy ground: on retreat this weekend…
…remembering the man who did so much to make this ground “holy”…
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He’s called an “offender” in the common parlance of the prison administration, but I encountered Ted as more of a “teacher” yesterday.
I felt a little helpless, watching as the coach explained why he’d been cashiered.
A field hospital after battle: that’s the image today’s gospel brought to mind for me.
I noted with delight that there’s a bit of ‘hastening’ going on this week, as we gather to celebrate the Fourth Sunday of Lent.
The Cardinal Archbishop of Toronto took me to task last evening – with an able assist from the prophet Hosea at this morning’s Mass.
A precocious walker, our granddaughter Hannah has been toddling (and dashing) about upright for well over a year now…so it caught me by surprise when she resorted to crawling for a brief spell this morning.
Ironic: On Leap Day, She-Of-Boundless-Energy reverts to hands-and-knees.
Leroy came in to work on his day off, and it made all the difference for me.
As I was leaving Mass yesterday, a dear friend asked if I’d seen the television coverage of Saturday’s funeral Mass for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
I thought it was an odd question.
Do you think maybe the rest of the Twelve might have been jealous when they heard the story Peter, James and John had to tell about the Transfiguration?
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