The Service of Love
I knew the name of the event that I was headed to: The Open Door Community Christmas Dinner. Outside of that I was not sure what my role was. I assumed washing dishes or serving since this was a dinner…
3rd Week of Advent: WAIT
3rd Week of Advent: WAIT Our first reading on Sunday was from the prophet Zephaniah and in the passage we heard, he is telling the people of what is to come. He tells them to rejoice and that the Lord…
An Advent Reflection
As I knelt in Adoration on Sunday, December 9th, I suddenly caught myself planning my route back to the social hall, thinking of the things that needed to be done before the middle schoolers started grabbing their snack after prayer….
2nd Week of Advent: PRAY
2nd Week of Advent: PRAY This week we heard about John the Baptist. He seems like a pretty interesting guy. People who live in the desert and eat wild honey and locusts are probably pretty interesting. But what’s really interesting…
A Thrill of Hope
Each year I wait for inspiration for this Christmas reflection. This year the word that came to me was ‘hope’. Perhaps because it’s been an emotionally difficult year that I am called to examine this thing called ‘hope’. It is…
1st Week of Advent: CONNECT
1st Week of Advent: CONNECT What do you think of when you think of connecting something? I immediately think about connecting my phone to it’s charger. Without that power source, once my phone runs out of battery life it is…