Category: faith

• Language Learned, Passport Packed

  Sunday, March 17, 2019: This morning, the Second Sunday in Lent, Fr. Gabriel, our parochial vicar, began his homily at 10:30 Mass with, “How is your Lent going?” For the first time in a very long time, I felt as though I was fully prepared to say, “Good!” For a few weeks before Ash Wednesday,…

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  March 18, 2019

  Essay, faith

  Heaven, Lent, passport, prayer, sacrifice, Scotland

• The Battle of Evil against Good

  It’s mid-October and lots of my bookish friends are reading scary stories or mysteries that have elements of the supernatural lurking about. In my 8th grade classroom, we read a short story recently that is classified as science fiction but in many ways represents the materialistic and selfish ways of many in today’s society, making…

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  October 16, 2018

  Essay, faith

  Button Button, Catholic, devil, edgar allan poe, evil, faith, Richard Matheson, science fiction, St. Michael the Archangel, Star Trek, Twilight Zone

• Invite Him to the Storm

  One of the things I love most about being Catholic is the ability to practice my faith anywhere, anytime. I’ve attended Mass in nearly every state and country that I’ve visited. Sometimes it has been in a foreign language, and while listening to the homily can be a challenge, I know the parts of the…

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  July 28, 2016

  Essay, faith

  ACTS, Catholic, Colossians, Father Oliver Toner, Florida, Fort Myers, Genesis, Irish priest, Louisiana, Luke, Magnificat, Mass, prayer, praying, scripture, teacher, teaching, Thessalonians

• A Fortunate Encounter

  A Fortunate Encounter Our Parish Times, May 2016

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  May 30, 2016

  faith

• Reflection and Renovation

  Exciting news for me! One of my essays, Reflection and Renovation, made the front page of a local regional newspaper that publishes news about our area’s Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Washington. As this is a newspaper for parents, faculty, and students of Catholic schools, this essay has a spiritual theme based on the…

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  March 17, 2016

  faith

  Catholic Church, Chip Gaines, Fixer Upper, HGTV, Joanna Gaines, Lent, Year of Mercy