Palm Sunday was one of the few days of the year my mother went to Mass. I don’t recall ever going with her, but I do recall the way she’d carefully drape her palms around her
Category: Family
Lent 2013, Day 33: Culturally Catholic
That my great-grandfather Patrick Rigney died on November 18, 1914, in the Missouri River village of Oacoma, South Dakota, and was Catholic, we can be sure. As for the rest, well…
Lent 2013, Day 31: Letting Go of Your (and Their) Past
Note: On Fridays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. We’ve likely all had a few uncomfortable social media or real-life moments related to encounters with our pasts. Should you accept a friend request from John, whom you had
Lent 2013, Day 14: Mixed Feedback
“We did what you said, but the feedback has been mixed,” a delightful acquaintance well into her ninth decade wrote me recently. I could feel my blood start to boil. I had suggested she and her husband quit worrying about getting their memoirs into perfect