angels

  It always feels a bit awkward when Christmas falls on a Saturday, because all...

  The menacing neighbor woke me up just before dawn. I heard the jangling of...

Many years ago, a friend of mine had a dream. She told me she dreamed...

  I have been blessed with another huge, urgent work of mercy for all of...

As I've already mentioned, I went to Mass yesterday for the first Sunday of Advent,...

When I was a very little girl I used the word "real" to mean ordinary,...

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke: Some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection,  came forward and put this question to Jesus, saying,  "Teacher, Moses wrote for us,  If someone's brother dies leaving a wife but no child,  his brother must take the wife  and raise up descendants for his brother. ...

  Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on...

It was bright daylight outside, but not inside.  Inside, it was dark. I was sitting...

  I don't want to talk about Harry Potter. I don't like the Harry Potter...

We ended up walking home from Mass, on the vigil of the Immaculate Conception. There...

Yesterday I had a blast from the past and found myself insisting that Harry Potter...

It was time to organize the Beautiful Corner. I call it the "Beautiful Corner" because...

  Early in the morning on the first day of the week, the women came...

  I want to thank everyone for joining Steel Magnificat in our advent series of...

Who is she that comes forth as the daybreak? Who is this queen, most...

  There are two people who regularly knock at my door in a "shave and...

The centuries-old prophecy has been fulfilled. The Virgin has conceived, and will bear a...

My friend Rebecca has harvested her onions for the year. She set up a tent...

I was going for my walk after dark, after the heat of the day had broken....

There was an enormous explosion up the street. "That one's got to be illegal," I...

The combox is interesting lately. Oh, it's always interesting. All three of the usual comment...

It may have come to your attention that the Protestant blogger Jeff Maples visited Resurrection...

Somewhere, they are lifting up the evening sacrifice. Scarlet stains the stone before the Holy...

Today, Christians all over the world are celebrating Holy Thursday, the Thursday of the Last...

Some nights I make meatloaf, and serve it with mashed potatoes. Last night I was...

I woke to the beating of rain on the window-- a dark, sloppy Ohio Valley Tuesday in...

I just got done with the 25th anniversary edition of Joan Wester Anderson's Where Angels...

A woman froze to death today.  She was homeless. She'd been evicted from her low-income...

  If you are disappointed this Christmas, I understand. If you are lonely and depressed,...