For the past four years, I’ve been doing at least parts of the 5 a.m. novena at my parish, thanks to my friend Mimi Fitzgerald. Last year, I made all nine days for the first time, but
Category: Spirituality
Simbang Gabi Day 8: The Case of the Missing Priest
Five a.m. No priest. Then 5:05 a.m. No priest. He’s coming to Arlington from Maryland, and there’s some thought that a lane reconfiguration may have confused him. Then 5:10
Simbang Gabi Day 7: Our House
“This is our house,” the priest said in his homily at today’s pre-dawn Mass. “We are the children of God.” And what a house it is! The Montgomery girls did the readings this morning. I felt like a
Simbang Gabi Day 5: The Little Altar Boy
I didn’t know any altar boys when I was young, probably because I went to public school and because my family didn’t go to church all that much. But I did always want to ring the