Luther, Lefebvre and the Charism of Reform
Ecclesia semper reformanda est (attributed to Saint Augustine)
History doesn't repeat itself...it merely rhymes (some say Mark Twain, but definitely Theodor Reik)
In light of the the looming...
Symptoms of disunity
About five years ago, my dad began working for a company that repairs railroad tracks. His job requires him to be away from home...
The Adventure of Letting Go
Five years ago, in the middle of a pretty rough semester at university, during which I had struggled with some health issues and some...
Education: the root of heroism.
"Education" may not be the first word that comes to mind if you are asked what causes heroism, but it's an interesting idea. Today...
Who tells you what to do?
My friend blogged the other day about how her boys, when allowed to have whatever they want for breakfast on their birthday, choose cereal....
Disconnected Harmony
When the biggest of my little brothers read The Hunger Games his main complaint with the story was that it was not realistic. Obviously,...
Confessions of a Recovering Almost-Hoarder
When my grandmother moved out of the house she had lived in for 35 years, it took the family several days to clean it...
Am I not your Mother?
On a rather chilly morning on a hillside outside what is now Mexico City, in the year of our Lord 1531, while the Protestant âReformationâ was...
The craziness of love
A few months ago, my Herbalist folded her hands in her lap and looked at me meditatively. I have been going to her for...
Demand reverence
Earlier this year a group of bishops from the Italian region of Tavoliere met with Pope Francis. Such meetings are held only every five...
