Out for a walk this morning I was thinking, “It doesn’t feel like Advent yet.” Already halfway through the first week but I’m not feeling it. The First Sunday of Advent liturgy seemed overshadowed by all the hype about the “new liturgy”. Also by some fluke there was no music at the parish we attended. [...]
Archive for November, 2011
early Advent
Posted in Uncategorized on November 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »
new year’s eve
Posted in Uncategorized on November 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In the litugical year this is new year’s eve. It was in my mind as I headed outside after breakfast on a beautiful New Mexico November day. I had a project to complete before the old year ended and Advent begins. The garden beds were a tangled mess of half-frozen tomato and chile plants, bent-over [...]
all souls
Posted in Uncategorized on November 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday on the Feast of All Souls we celebrated mass at the fence that is the border between the United States and Mexico. It was the 13th annual gathering and one of the largest I can remember. Each year, however, those of us who attend on the U.S. side have been pushed further back from [...]
always a miracle
Posted in Uncategorized on November 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last Saturday, October 29, we had the privilege of welcoming Christopher into the world. Yessenia, his mother, has been a part of our lives for the past ten years since she came to the U.S. from Guatemala. Of all the ups and downs of life that we have shared, the journey of this pregnancy has [...]
