Picking up the pace
After a few days of adjusting to our routines again, we have begun to accelerate a little this week. Junior has a cool new desk set up in a corner beside…
Read moreJune, at a Glance
The first part of June has been a virtual summer camp at Heidmann West, as we had a bunch of extra young people staying with us for three weeks. They’re fantastic kids,…
Read moreLaudato Si
This has been quite a turbulent week for political and religious commentators, in the lead-up to publication of Pope Francis’ encyclical, Laudato Si. The great wind blowing from both sides…
Read moreHomily for June 14, 2015
Doubtless you, like me, find it difficult not to be saddened by the state of western civilization, by wars, by abuse and opression of the weak, the poor, the powerless,…
Read moreThe Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
I grew up listening to my dad’s favorite musicians, the Melody Four. In his beautiful tenor voice, he sang along with every song, on every record. One that I loved…
Read moreThe Blessed Virgin compared to the Air we Breathe
37. The Blessed Virgin compared to the Air we Breathe Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–89). Poems. 1918. WILD air, world-mothering air, Nestling me everywhere, That each eyelash or hair Girdles; goes home betwixt The…
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