Learning French Sophie wants to learn French. Actually, to hear her tell it, she already is: “I’m learning French,” she declares boldly. Five year-old boldness. To that end I got her a couple of French first word books for her birthday. We have a...
We learned that there is a chasm the size of the Grand Canyon between the Church’s sophisticated theology of the lay apostolate and the lived spiritual experience of the majority of our people. And this chasm has a name: discipleship. We...
Ascension Icon by bobosh_t, on Flickr “Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age” (Mt 28,20) Christ’s going to the Father is at once a source of sorrow, because it involves his absence; and of joy, because it...
Poor tired Ben fell asleep while I was reading stories. So did Lucia, but that’s expected from her. 1. The latest in Ben and his refusal to use proper names: I’d sent the girls to their room to calm down before bed and I wasn’t...
CREDO: Professing the Creed for the Year of Faith HE WAS CRUCIFIED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE by Erin Arlinghaus “Christus… suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius...
