Our little moving adventure has been quite an…adventure. Two months later, our house is still not completely set, pipes remain broken by the install crew, we’ve had to move and increase the capacity of the septic system, our well dried up, and we had to hire our own contractor to put in decks lest we… Continue reading snakebit…
Month: July 2022
the appointed purpose of traditions…
Traditions. We hear of them all the time. Traditions kept by certain countries, societies, groups, individuals, families, the Church happen all around us. There is an appointed purpose for traditions. But what are they and what do they really mean? Are they simply to bring up sentimental memories? Or are they to remind us of… Continue reading the appointed purpose of traditions…
the appearance of the Church is changing…
The Church is in flux. It has always modified certain subjective aspects to the current society as needed. Such things as the length of time to fast before Communion or during the Lenten, are not objective teachings. The concepts remain in tact, but the rules may have changed. But the Church has never wavered on… Continue reading the appearance of the Church is changing…
uniting our sufferings to Christ’s Passion…
What does it mean to suffer? We hear of the word quite a bit in our major media lately. The imposition of people’s “rights” by outside forces, whether by war or legislation. We hear of people suffering from the effects of diseases, war, environment, or accidents. Laws are written to try to protect everyone from… Continue reading uniting our sufferings to Christ’s Passion…
what if…
What if I told you that the sky was green and the grass blue, dogs purred and cats barked? Would you agree with me, or hold that I’d lost my mind? And what if someone makes promises they rarely keep? Would you trust them? Or what about someone who shows you how to hate and… Continue reading what if…
time…
Time passes all too quickly. It was only yesterday that I awoke as a young child, waiting anxiously for Christmas morning and riding my new bike around the living room. It was only yesterday that I had my first job, met my spouse, bought our first house, raised our children, moved far from my where… Continue reading time…
family…
The family is the place where we learn mutual respect. We learn how to interact with other people. And we learn to get along with those who are different from ourselves. The larger the family, the greater the opportunity exists for these lessons. When parents proclaim how difficult and expensive it is to raise children,… Continue reading family…
changes are coming…
And they will bring us to our knees. I’ve written a lot lately about being uncomfortable. There is a reason for this. Even in our own lives we have had to make choices that are very uncomfortable. Uprooted from our comfort zone, the entire family has been placed in a situation that is physically and… Continue reading changes are coming…
dogs’ itching harmony…
During the quiet of prayers tonight, I happened to look over to the bed where two of our pups lay in the lap of luxury. They usually are sleeping with little doggy grins on their faces as they enjoyed the pillow of the human creature under their charge. Tonight, however, they were performing synchronized itching.… Continue reading dogs’ itching harmony…