After Office of Readings and Morning Prayers together, we leave the hermitage at 7am feeling rested and optimistic. Today we venture into new territory. Yay! Wyoming! It’s our first time visiting this state! The terrain is varied and beautiful. We get stuck behind two extra-wide-loads and three cars with flashing lights. Doug finally passes all…
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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…
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…
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,…
My Mountain & Our Home
“That’s my mountain! That’s my mountain!”The words clamored loudly in my head, while outwardly I remained silent. When still living in Guatemala, I had dreamt vividly of a desert mountain. In the dream, I was rearranging furniture so as to better view the mountain and thereby draw closer to God. The dream impacted me so…
Inundated with Love 