· 24 October 2008 | 232 words
It feels like I'm in Advent, waiting. (I never seem to be in sync with the current liturgical season.) I feel like an old dog trying to find a comfortable spot to lay down--he circles and circles around the same...
· 10 December 2006 | 129 words
From part of today's second reading (Philippians 1:9-11), Saint Paul's prayer: And this is my prayer: that your love may increase ever more and more in knowledge and every kind of perception, to discern what is of value, so that you...
· 3 December 2006 | 194 words
My daily prayer for Advent this year: Gracious God, inspire us this Advent to make straight our ways so you can come to us and to our world. Challenge us to fill in our valleys by...
· 1 December 2006 | 71 words
A prayer to begin Advent: O God, Grant me your grace as I take up my Advent shovel to fill in the valleys of neglect in my prayer and daily life. May I be zealous in my labors of straightening...
· 26 November 2006 | 414 words
I feel like I am always out of sync with the liturgical calendar. Next week starts Advent which leads into Christmas, but I keep thinking about Easter Week. The stories and images of Christmas, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday all...
Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us