“What are you doing for Lent?” It’s the most popular topic going these days among my Catholic and non-Catholic friends. Or at least, the most popular topic after when is this crazy winter ever going to end. And maybe, at some level, they’re related. Pope Francis, no slouch when it comes to challenging the faithful,… Continue reading What Are You Doing for Lent?
Category: Life in the 50s
Being Christ in Our Lives: Janet Spurr
This has been one long, cold winter for most of us, physically and perhaps spiritually as well. And yet, my friend Janet Spurr is always about the beach and joy. When I met Spurr, she had just arrived in Maui after a 30 or so hour travel odyssey from her home in Massachusetts. Instead of complaining… Continue reading Being Christ in Our Lives: Janet Spurr
Like a Little Prayer
“Every chance to write is a prayer,” my fellow Your Daily Tripod contributor Father Joe McCloskey, S.J., wrote to a group of us in an e-mail last week. That’s the thing about Father Joe; I don’t know if it’s his fifty years as a priest or his time with
Of Tongues and Lips
A potentially good thing happened to me this morning, actually a potentially great thing. It has to do with a longtime rift with someone I love very much, and an indication the ice may be thawing. The situation has been the subject of many prayers, mine and those of some friends. It seemed appropriate to offer… Continue reading Of Tongues and Lips