So, it is my understanding that, if we are talking about "Christ the King", then it must be the end of the Church calendar year; it means, next week we start all the way from the beginning with Advent. Oh, yes. the Advent candle. It all comes back to me ( Read more... )

Things are winding down for one of the longest parts of the Church calendar. Pentecost lasts for more than half the year and for some reason I always associate it with a long shadow that descends upon the imagination. More marriages break up during Pentecost I'm sure. But, more marriages also probably occur. More of life in general probably takes ( Read more... )

It's funny. Since Mom died, weekends are now the busiest part of my week, the complete reverse of the way most people live their lives. The result is that a lot of what happens Saturday and Sunday is a complete blur of socio-economic classes, ages, and sexual identities as I flit from one St. Michael's ministry to another. Of the five people who ( Read more... )

Just received an Advent text from Crosby. They're available to anyone from St. Michael's (or, anyone who stumbles upon the URL) and I signed up yesterday. It was really good, it said something like,

"May you have the power to say, 'No', when saying 'Yes' would take you away from G-d's peace."

Wow.

Note to Self: Ask if he wrote this himself?