I’ve been struggling for several months with a strong desire (and an opportunity) to revisit the past. The desire involves someone I loved very much, and I’m quite sure that were I to
Category: Catholicism
Stopping Out for Lent
Here’s what my Lent looks like:
Of Flashlights, Woods, Friends, and 150 Steps
A good friend and I recently spent a weekend at the Benedictine monastery in Erie, Pennsylvania. We each had a “hermitage” of our own in the nearby woods; hers was named for St. Scholastica. It’s known among the sisters as “Stilts.” The first evening, my friend and I talked at “Stilts” until about 10 p.m.,… Continue reading Of Flashlights, Woods, Friends, and 150 Steps
Ghosts of a Christmas Past
Six years ago today, I was back in full communion with the Catholic Church for the first time in decades. Tears streamed down my face as I approached my pastor, who was also