My father was born in September 1902 and died September 1981. He was a very religious and gentle man. He loved poetry and often wrote some of his own. When I started college in September of 1962, I found a poem written by him placed in my wallet. It spoke of his love...
Traditionally people in churches wear red on Pentecost. It is a church celebration of when the flames of fire were seen on the heads of people. The winds blew and it was a day much different than others. Pentecost (Pent = 5) is fifty days after Easter. It is also ten...
We are still celebrating Easter. The church refers to these fifty days of Easter as Eastertide in which we hear stories from Scripture, and other sources, that tell of the resurrection of Christ. It is during this time that people become amazed at what was seen by...
Saint Benedict of Nursia is often referred to as the Saint that established the greatest rule for a community of believers. Believers who are in monasteries and convents and believers who are in homes and families. Since the sixth century he has asked the key question...
I was horrified by the burning of the Notre Dame Cathedral in 2019. I thought of the beauty of this Cathedral and the years of work that went into it to be a place of prayer and praise to God, the creator of the beauty of the earth. I never visited Notre Dame but I...
I often think that Jesus had a great sense of humor, although we seldom preach on it or laugh at it! There are many instances in Scripture where his examples are both profound and humorous. In the first five verses of Matthew 7, we read about beams and splinters in...
