A friend recently told me that he never was that interested in alcohol. Oh, he has the rare glass of wine or cocktail, but he wouldn’t care if someone told him he couldn’t have
Category: Spirituality
Lent 2013, Day 27: A Confession About Confession
I’m sure the elderly priest whose prodigal son homily I heard on Sunday meant well. But I daresay he hasn’t listened to as many “away” Catholics as I have. Confession. That was his key to any returning Catholic’s rekindling of faith. He urged us all
Lent 2013, Day 26: An Open Letter to the Conclave
Dear Cardinals, I am among the least of your sisters in Christ. I was baptized Catholic, was catechized enough to receive the Sacraments of Reconciliation, the Eucharist, and Confirmation, then
Lent 2013, Day 25: No Fear in Love
A friend recently sent me one of those “forward this, it’s amazing” e-mail chain letters that I usually ignore–but not this time. It was a request to send the piece of Scripture that was