Who Did Jesus Love Best?

Note: On Saturdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. When I was in my early teens, I had a best friend. But we ended up in different homerooms the following year, and only saw each other for a class or… Continue reading Who Did Jesus Love Best?

On the Nightstand: “Living Memento Mori”

Emily DeArdo is tough. She was diagnosed with end-stage cystic fibrosis when she was just eleven, and fifteen years ago had a double lung transplant. In her first book, she uses the Stations of the Cross as a framework to share her story of living life in true awareness that it will end. I like… Continue reading On the Nightstand: “Living Memento Mori”

God’s Not Fair

Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. It’s not fair. It’s not fair that that wonderful family member who prays, serves, and tithes has cancer, and the awful person who just got sent off to… Continue reading God’s Not Fair

Wednesday’s Women: The Martyred Daughters of Charity in Madrid

The Basics: Born between 1879 and 1906 in Spain; died between August 12, 1936, and February 11, 1937, in Spain; beatified October 13, 2013;  feast day, November 6. Women religious and martyrs. The Story: There were fifteen of them, and they were part of two larger communities in the Madrid area. They were doing what Daughters… Continue reading Wednesday’s Women: The Martyred Daughters of Charity in Madrid