The Gospel reading on the Thursday of the Easter Octave has me thinking about Thomas. Admittedly I used to read about Thomas doubting the news of Jesus’ Resurrection and think…how could he doubt? After all he heard? After all he had been taught and told? Jesus knew, however, this issue was not solely an issue […]

As the final days of Lent are here and Holy Week is upon us, I take a sigh of relief. Relief that this liturgical season of “sacrifice” is over. I have for the most part of my life embraced with openness the disciplines of Lent. I have appreciated the time to slow down, simplify and […]

Admittedly Lent is going very different than I planned. My resolutions are going OK, not great, but I keep trying. What has changed is how I spend time. Instead of thinking about spring and the coming grass and flowers, I have spent much time contemplating life and death. There are reasons. I am a hospice […]

Jenny Adams is the Communications & Office Assistant of Christ Our Light Catholic Parish in Princeton and Zimmerman, Minnesota. Her background in youth ministry really shows in this video where she invited students to invite others to worship with their parish: In a very simple, but powerful way, she engaged learners at Christ Our Light to participate […]

I do food. I think food. Food consumes a lot of my time and efforts. Here’s the thing. I am the person in our house responsible for making out the grocery list, buying the groceries and putting the groceries away (OK, Marv does help with this task when he trips to Alexandria and I give […]

Many people dread the season of Lent as a time of giving up stuff you love – no meat on Fridays, and Father’s homily being about death to self and the sufferings of Christ. Personally, I’ve always enjoyed the season of Lent. Even when I was young, I loved being asked what I was giving […]

Random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty. These words were found scrawled on a placemat in California in 1982. Even though this may be the start of this expression, the Bible is clear on acts of charity. Is there a difference between kindness and charity? Does tithing to the church count? Does passing […]

So, I attended a women’s Lenten retreat on Saturday. One of the questions our retreat facilitator asked us to think about was how we’re like our Blessed Mother and what we can change in ourselves to be even more like Mary. I wrote down that I’d like to think I am full of grace. I […]

This is the second in a series on sacraments by Sarah Heidelberger. When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of […]

Raise your hand if you have given up any of the following for Lent:  Social Media, YouTube, Netflix, Hulu, secular music, all music, coffee.  OK, coffee doesn’t have that much to do with the topic at hand other than the fact that it might make you grumpy and we are told not to look gloomy […]