WOSF Episode 45
For my first Confession in many years, see Episode 55!
For my first Confession in many years, see Episode 55!
The Rosary, and our return to praying it together as a family - even if that family is just the two of us! - has been one of the most important things in my life. Being away from it for so many years as devastating. One of the first little hidden steps
As I post this, I weep - because this time around, this year, we don't even have an offer to be taken in by difficult, dangerous people so we won't be out on the street. If our fundraiser doesn't succeed...we will literally be living
Testimony!
The empty and rotten food speaks for itself. The true food is the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, found in the Most Blessed Sacrament. Not the little ripped up pieces of sandwich bread and thimbles of water that the Mormons pray over.
I can't make a comprehensive list right now, but look up the Joseph Smith Foundation and the TV series "Hidden In The Heartland", folks like Jonathan Neville, Wayne May, and Hannah Stoddard. The timelines and archaeology of the Hopewell and Adena cultures of the Eastern United
Adoration turned out to be the most important factor. Because it IS the most important factor! I try not to be resentful of the fact that I wasn't taught much about it earlier and was in fact actively discouraged by my RCIA teacher (back in my day, we
So, it turns out we didn't need a whole week to decide! I still hadn't sorted out my testimony of the Real Presence and Hadrian still hadn't finalized his spiritual path. But we knew this was the place to do those things and not
Brother Matthew's article changed my life. The power of forgiveness is real. Notice that it doesn't mean pretending things didn't happen, or allowing abuse to occur again. We can be honest about the harms of the past while still not letting them drag us
It saves us a lot on silent retreats! Every day is kind of like one of those for free. We do have little conversations throughout the day, and sometimes we watch a show or two in the evenings, but we've really come to appreciate the value of peace,
The Cheese Cooler Caper! Hadrian's take: "This story is, like, insane sounding, like, normal people do not just come over to your house when they know you're not there and move your food around without telling you." Agreed! This story actually happened exactly as