“What We Were Obliged to Do”

Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. “When you have done all you have been commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants; we have done what we were obliged to do.’” (Luke 17:10, NABRE) They say… Continue reading “What We Were Obliged to Do”

Wednesday’s Woman: Blessed Leonella Sgorbati

The Basics: Born December 9, 1940, in Italy; died September 17, 2006, in Somalia; beatified May 26, 2018; feast day, September 17. Woman religious, nurse. The Story: Leonella Sgorbati was doing what she loved when she died a martyr’s death. Born in Italy, Leonella knew at sixteen she wanted to be a woman religious, but at her… Continue reading Wednesday’s Woman: Blessed Leonella Sgorbati

Some Time with God and Community

Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. And when (Paul and Barnabas arrived in Antioch), they called the church together and related all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a… Continue reading Some Time with God and Community

Mercy When It Counts Most

Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. He was about thirty-five years old, a Jesuit novice after eleven years of study. And he was never going to become a priest now. Instead, he, two of… Continue reading Mercy When It Counts Most