Sorry much has not been written recently. I have been interviewing for a new job, which I got! I start this next Wednesday. A better and more fulfilling job (full-time, too) than the previous one. I shall now be working for the MR/DD population (mentally retarded/developmentally disabled) cared for by a Catholic social services agency. …
An excerpt from the First Reading from today’s Mass for the First Sunday of Lent: Genesis 3:1-7; Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the animals that the LORD God had made. The serpent asked the woman, “Did God really tell you not to eat from any of the trees in the garden?” …
Today Lent begins with Ash Wednesday. Lent is one of my favorite times of the year, what with the opportunity to direct the interior conversion and cleansing that are a part of the customs. This is an attitude that I only adopted after I sobered up in 2002 and returned to the Church. It isn’t …
From the Second Reading from today’s morning Mass, the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord: Hebrews 2:14-18; Since the children share in blood and flesh, Jesus likewise shared in them, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the Devil, and free those who through fear …