A Cardinal’s Eye View of the Conclave First, Boston’s own Cardinal Sean talks about the conclave on his blog. Don’t miss the embeded video where he shows off his keepsakes and shares some wonderful details about his experience...
I’m sitting here sniffing Lucia’s head. Can’t get enough of that sweet smell of holy chrism. Trying to decide which pictures to post. You know it’s hard not to include them all, but I don’t want to overwhelm you. It was...
At the beginning of the month I finished this new biography of St Francis of Assisi. I’ve been meaning to write down a few thoughts about it, but it keeps getting pushed to the back burner. But now that our new pope has taken the name Francis...
I couldn’t help but notice that the word “cammino”, journey or pilgrimage, featured prominently in both Pope Francis’ homily today (full text of the homily here) and in his remarks on the balcony yesterday in his first...
Well, today was just a little crazy, wasn’t it? I really didn’t expect to have a new pope this soon. And what a pope…. already so many new precedents: the first pope from the new world, the first pope from the Southern hemisphere...
This morning before I’d even sat down to eat my bowl of oatmeal Bella was out exploring in the backyard. It was warm enough that she was wearing no coat, just a short polka dot skirt and her big rainboots, skinny legs in between making her...
I didn’t get my quick takes post done by Friday. Or Saturday. Or Sunday. But by golly I’m not going to wait till this coming Friday to post them. So here’s a bunch of random stuff that’s been going on in the last couple of...
CREDO: Professing the Creed for the Year of Faith THROUGH HIM ALL THINGS WERE MADE by ERIKA AHERN This is the last, glorious line in the Nicene Creed before we turn to the mystery of the Incarnation and our own salvation history. We are still...
Finished in February 1. The System of the World (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 3) by Neal Stephenson In the end I really liked the Baroque Cycle. Though I found much of Quicksilver tedious and parts of the beginning of The Confusion made me want to give...
Sophie can hardly take her eues off her new king and queen (in her hands) to blow out the birthday candles. Today my Sophia is five. She’s turning into quite the big girl, even if she is only half an inch taller than Ben and looks like she...
