Worship and Sacraments
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When was the last time you said: “Ooops?”
A grandmother, who shall remain nameless, lived by herself and was getting up in years. So, she decided that for this Christmas – instead of buying presents for each of her grandkids – she would write them a check, send a card, and include the words “Buy your own present.”
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Christmas Year C 2018
No one wants to be the innkeeper in a Christmas pageant. Now, I could be wrong on this, but I think no one wants to go down as having to play the person who said NO to Joseph and Mary and the soon to be born savior.
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On a scale of 1-10 – where is your “joy-o-meter” these days? 3rd Advent 2018
Bah humbug. Ah… Let me say it again. BAAH HUUMBUGG!!! Ah, I feel so much better. Bah humbug. Bah humbug, bah humbug. My, that’s ever so much nicer. Feels good to say that, I must say…
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Merry Christmas and Welcome Home!
“I’ll be home for Christmas”… …is perhaps one of the more poignant secular Christmas tunes. It speaks of that desire for connection, for belonging, for a place where life makes sense and we know we are both blessed and called to be a gift to the world.
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Do you believe in “Once upon a time”? 2nd Advent 18
“Once upon a time, long ago, there was this strange man who lived in the desert. He wouldn’t eat ordinary food, nor wear ordinary clothes. Instead, he ate locust (and they weren’t even chocolate covered), and he wore the scratchiest, itchiest tunic you ever could imagine.”
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Are you a good ‘wait’-er?
So, as I made my third trip in the day down Watson road (toward Catholic Supply this time), it became very obvious to me. “I am not a good wait-er, especially in my car.” As I chafed at every red light, (I think I caught all of them but ONE); as I