I’m very proud of the fact that I was raised Catholic, I’m still a practicing Catholic, and I support the Catholic church. I liken it to my pride in being an American-born citizen. While I’m proud of these things, that…
Lenten Reflection
A friend of mine told me she gave up road rage for Lent. I really like that. Here’s something from our church bulletin. Fast from pessimism; feast on optimism. Fast from criticism, feast on praise. Fast from bitterness, feast on forgiveness….
Ash Wednesday 2010
Today is Ash Wednesday and it’s the one day of the year you can recognize who’s Catholic. We have ash crosses gunked on our foreheads. Catholics have various opinions about the significance of the ashes, but how I see it…
Sacred Space
Yes, I know, I even do my praying online. I have Sacred Space bookmarked which is a soothing site with a special, unique prayer and scripture for each day. The one for today hit close to home. Lord grant me…
Where Religion Begins
OK, full disclosure, I haven’t been to church in a while. I guess my excuse is that there’s only one mass I really like going to. It’s the 6pm evening mass at my parish St. Agnes. The singing is upbeat….
But Thank God for Big Blessings
I just felt wrong ending on a sour note with the below post. Sure, maybe I’ll have a nervous breakdown, but I’m so in love! Dean came over last night around 9:30pm. He wanted to give me some time to…
Sunday Prayer
This warrants another posting. I’ve posted it before, but I absolutely love this prayer. We pray it every week at St. Agnes during Mass. I am still thinking of getting a tattoo and if I did, it would probably say…
Jesus Christ Has Risen Today!
Warning: This post is pretty religious, so atheists should probably disregard. I’m never late, but almost jeopardized tardiness at Easter Mass with my family. I spent several minutes primping at home in San Francisco—a rarity for me—an even coverage of…
Post Ash Wednesday
Sorry I didn’t write yesterday, Ash Wednesday and the start of the Lenten season. For the first time, I went to church during the work day. I usually go really early before work or afterwards. This year, I went to…
Prayer of St. Francis
This is the last religious post for the year. I love this prayer, probably my favorite. We pray it every week during Mass and this morning I remembered that I wanted to post it on my blog. Appropriate that it’s…