Time to Clean House

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.  So here we are, two weeks into the new year. How many of your resolutions have you already given up on? Or, did you even bother to make any at all?… Continue reading Time to Clean House

No “Family Hold Back” Here

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.  The crowd was hungry. All they had was five loaves and two fish. You know what happened next. Love’s funny that way. It’s not like when a dozen people show up… Continue reading No “Family Hold Back” Here

The Private Life of the Child Jesus

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 so, the Presentation in the Temple complete, Luke draws a curtain over the life of the child Jesus, other than to say in today’s Gospel reading that the family returned… Continue reading The Private Life of the Child Jesus

Who Will Abide the Day of His Coming?

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 all have Christmas traditions: the lighting of the Advent candles, the decorating of the tree, the cookie and candy baking, the special meals, the entire family gathering to attend Mass… Continue reading Who Will Abide the Day of His Coming?