Calm Faith

Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. And he said to them, “Why are you afraid, you of little faith?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a dead calm. (Matthew 8:26,… Continue reading Calm Faith

Mass for Three–Make That Four

Being a woman of a certain age–and asthmatic–in a location still fighting covid, I haven’t been to an in-person Mass since the first weekend in March. And while I’ve heard some wonderful homilies in Mass livestreamed from as far away as Malaysia, for Catholics, there’s nothing like the Eucharist. So you can imagine my delight… Continue reading Mass for Three–Make That Four

Souls to the Kingdom

Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. I made my Cursillo in November 2006 at the Josephite Pastoral Center in Washington, D.C., and sat at the table of the amazing graces. Two weeks earlier, I’d been on my… Continue reading Souls to the Kingdom

True Security

Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. We weren’t the kind of people who went to the doctor much, but a number of relatives at Thanksgiving dinner had told my parents that cough of mine was really bad.… Continue reading True Security