Here’s our view of Denver from the retreat hermitage last evening. The same view after dark. . . . and at sunrise this morning. Isn’t it amazing how it changes with the time of day? We’re at the Mother Cabrini Shrine outside Golden, Colorado. This place has been set apart for prayer. Even our bodies…
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Day 4 – Wamego, Kansas to Denver, Colorado
Having said our goodbyes last night we leave at 6:30 am, whispering so as not to disturb our sleeping host family. By 7am we’re in to Manhattan, Kansas ready for morning Mass. A sobering image of Our Lady of Sorrows dominates the sanctuary at the Seven Dolors Church, preparing us for today’s disturbing Old Testament…
Day 3 St. Marys and Wamego, Kansas
After a leisurely morning of coffee and conversation with Jody, we head to the nearby town of St. Marys for lunch at a deli, inside Sugar Creek Country Store. The people of St. Marys impress Doug and me. As we park, I glimpse a woman and three girls walking in the opposite direction. Wearing graceful,…
Day Two: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Wamego, Kansas
This morning we meet our nephew, David, breakfast and great conversation at The Big Biscuit. An outdoor display of some of the aircrafts used in armed conflicts of decades past instigates a somber mood. Next, the peaceful grounds of the Blessed Stanley Rother shrine bring quiet reflection before a noon Mass after which we begin…
Day One Houston to Oklahoma City
We start out the day at 6:30am Mass at our home parish where Doug preaches a short homily reminding us that the rich young man in today’s gospel asked Jesus “which commands?” He also encourages us to examine our hearts as to whether there is something God is asking of us that we are unwilling…
Road Trip
June 12th marks 49 years of marriage for us, and now in our 50th year, we’re taking a road trip. The room in our home where the planning began. We’ll travel August 18 through September 5th exploring places neither of us has seen before. Driving Northwest together might be the perfect combination of ordinary –…
Celebrating my Brother’s 70th
I accepted an invitation last month to my brother Chip’s 70th birthday celebration and I’m so very glad I did. It included rare and wonderful hours with my sister Chelley and her family as we met up , then traveled together. The gathering in the upper room of a brewery, on a sultry evening in…
Finding Her Good Samaritan
A modern fictional account based on Luke 10:25-37 Luz’s brown eyes blinked and squinted as she lifted her hand to block the glare of fluorescent hospital lights. Stabbing pain alerted her to the intravenous line in her arm. Where am I? The question suspended itself in her semiconsciousness. Her head throbbed as snippets of memory provoked…
Uniting My Tears with Mary’s
If you’re a practicing Catholic you’re familiar with processions in which priests, deacons, lectors, and altar servers process toward the altar at Mass. You also may have walked and prayed in Eucharistic processions for special occasions like Corpus Christi or Holy Thursday. Maybe you’ve participated in a procession for a May Crowing outside the Mass,…
A Prayer Written in Flesh
Our daughter, Cana, recently wrote this poem as she confronted the 3rd anniversary of her brother’s drowning. It’s raw and real and I’m grateful that she gave me permission to share it here. This photo was taken in Guatemala January 20222 Where flesh meets the earthWhere East meets West and NorthMeets South, there GOD dwells…
Inundated with Love 