No Ordinary Smoke
“That seemed awfully quick.” It was the first comment I saw on social media when the white smoke started billowing from the Vatican chimney. As far as I was concerned, it hadn’t been quick at all. It had been 17 long days of waiting. Seventeen days marked with uncertainty. Seventeen days as an orphan. It…
Acknowledging the Golden Calf
One of this week’s daily Mass readings was a familiar one found in Exodus 32. As the story unfolds, Moses is on the mountain chiseling out the 10 commandments, while the Israelites are down below, getting rather antsy. Whenever I heard this story in the past, I suspected these people were taking advantage of Moses’…
The Manifestation of God
“From the east came the Magi to Bethlehem to adore the Lord; and opening their treasures they offered precious gifts: gold for the great King, incense for the true God, and myrrh in symbol of his burial.” Today is the Feast of the Epiphany, or manifestation of Jesus. We did the annual blessing of our home…
A Season of Waiting
Years ago, those few weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas represented weeks of disordered pressure in my life. Many a day was spent agonizing over the perfect Christmas gifts for everyone on my shopping list, stressing over whether the garland would look perfect, or questioning if the tree was tall enough. But after converting to Catholicism…
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