I just can’t understand how someone can be so concerned with pleasing God and still fail so miserably. It seems like whatever I do is wrong. It doesn’t seem like I’m getting any closer to holiness. I’m still fighting the same old demons: the O.C.D., the anger, the selfishness, the pride, the seemingly everything. I [...]
Last year sometime, we got a DVD in the mail from the monks at Clear Creek Abbey in Oklahoma, northeast of Tulsa. It shows them going through their days: praying, singing, and working. “Ora et Labora” is one of their mottos: Pray and work. We have no idea why we were sent this. We probably [...]
Kevin picked up this rosary last year at church when it was on the give-away table. It’s easy to see why he picked it; lavender crystals with an Our Lady of Lourdes signet, it really is stunning. Not long afterward, he gave it to Lucas when he said he wanted it. Not long after that, [...]
