I’m fresh back from a delightful reunion with some West Coast relatives. The people, young and old, were warm and welcoming; the place we stayed beautiful; the scenery gorgeous; the conversation deep and silly by turns. I hadn’t seen one of my cousins in more than forty years, and was struck by how much we had… Continue reading Of Family, Acceptance, and Gifts That Keep on Giving
Category: Spirituality
Simbang Gabi 2012, Day 9: Joy to the World!
“Contagious joy.” Can you think of a more beautiful phrase? Today’s presider at the final 5 a.m. Simbang Gabi Mass, Father Andrew Gonzalo from DC’s St. Augustine Parish, challenged us to shine the light this Christmas season “on people shivering in the dark…
Simbang Gabi 2012, Day 8: Being Christ to One Another
Day 8, the next to the last of the nine 5 a.m. Simbang Gabi Masses. And things were a bit chaotic. The novena’s organizer wasn’t going to make the opening of the Mass, so a friend
Simbang Gabi 2012, Day 7: Food, Glorious Food
“I always wanted to be an airline stewardess,” the woman joked as she offered a snack somewhere between cornbread and pound cake to those of us in the line that snaked