Seven Angels, Four Kids, One Family
Sometimes sarcasm is the only sane response
Thank you all for your suggestions about yesterday’s bizarre rosary with thirteen beads per decade. I think we have an answer. After googling every combination I could think of trying to guess what it was (Lourdes features the number thirteen…Saint…
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A few years ago, while getting into my car at the Angeltown Mall, I saw something embedded in the snow bank. Our parking lots get legendary snowbanks in this part of the country (the one near the grocery store was…
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I wish this were an April Fools Day post. Out on the main thoroughfare through Angelborough, we have a new billboard proclaiming that judgment day is coming on May 21st. “The Bible Guarantees It!” Alone in the car (well, with…
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For Deep Theological Question number seven, I ask this: are there caterpillars in Heaven? We’ve previously established that it’s in conformity with Judeo-Christian thinking to believe there are animals in Heaven. We see horses in Revelation, and Ivy told us…
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Last Thursday, Kiddo#3 had a mega-meltdown tantrum, and when I finally got him to at least stay in his room, I wanted to do something that would make me appear utterly bored with the histrionics while I still supervised. Knitting…
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When I read about Borders declaring bankruptcy this week, my first thought was (naturally) about myself. Sorry — I know it would be nice if I immediately thought of all the independent booksellers put out of business by the big…
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Every so often I run up against unreasoning fear, and not just the fear that my kid will get locked in a parked car. It’s that gut-clenching fear of supernatural powers that will leave humanity helpless. Remember that when growing…
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Yes, this Sunday I brought all four kids to Mass without my Patient Husband there. Dear Sir who sat right in front of me: There were a hundred empty seats in the church. So why did you feel the pressing…
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This morning at Christmas Mass, I had the thought that Jesus had it pretty easy the first Christmas. When the priest talked about how the stress and preparations of Christmas can get in the way of experiencing the holiday, I…
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We’ve now spent two days talking about prayer-hedging, and the fear that asking for the wrong thing in prayer will bring down God’s wrath on our heads. At the worst part of this mindset, I treated God as GOD, Incorporated….
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