In the Bleak Midwinter, the words are by poet Christina Rossetti, is one of my favorite Christmas carols. This is a particularly lovely video, sung by the Gloucester Cathedral Choir. I can no longer remember who to thank for sharing it with me...
Something which has existed since the beginning, that we have heard, and we have seen with our own eyes; that we have watched and touched with our hands: the Word, who is life � this is our subject. That life was made visible: we saw it and we are...
A commenter in a discussion at Patrick Madrid’s blog gave a wonderful explanation of how to speak the truth in charity. I want to remember this and thought I’d share it too. The issue isn’t whether abortion is murder or not...
I really wanted to post all 23 pictures here because they tell such a story; but Dom says that’s too many. So here’s the ‘short’ version. It’s a good thing I already gave upon sending Christmas cards this year. How...
I really liked this meditation from today’s Universalis: The prophets Elijah and Elisha are a bit of an embarrassment. Not only are the names similar but some of their miracles resemble one another so closely that some scholars have argued...
Our modest Christmas: Santa brought each child one toy. And there was a Christmas book for all of them to share. A family friend, Debbie, also sent a few things which we tucked under the tree for the girls. Bella unwraps her present. Without waiting...
Dom spied an unusual bird in our tree this morning. I dove for the binoculars and spent some time trying to describe its features to him. Then I handed them off and went for the bird book. We determined that our stranger was a Northern Flicker...
Christ has been born for us: come, let us worship him. I awoke at 6 and rolled over to feed Ben. I turned on my iPod and began to greet the day with prayer. What have you seen? Shepherds, tell us! Give us the news: who has appeared on earth...
And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father’s only Son, full of grace and truth.
May the peace and joy of Christ be with you and your families on this blessed day.
Tonight we had our traditional Christmas Eve Seven Fishes feast. Sort of. Not really seven; but we’re not so good at counting yet. Bella only sometimes makes it to five. We planned for six of the seven fishes: crab dip, lobster, salmon, crab...