Christmas and Easter were different from other days because those were the two occasions each year that my parents took me to church. I thought new clothes was a prerequisite so the one Christmas I didn’t get any, I thought something was wrong. Looking back, I suppose things were tight economically then. It must have [...]
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A Eulogy to Someone Who Touched Lives and Changed Them
A line from an old Billy Joel song keeps running through my mind. Dave was a good man. He believed in God and lived his life accordingly. He married a wonderful woman, Mary, who shared the same values as him. He believed in family. He delighted in being a father. Raised staunch Roman Catholic, he [...]
Free fast food
Lent started at the end of February. No big deal to anyone born after the Vatican Councils which greatly liberalized mass and the sacraments. I was born pre-modernization though. I can still hear the sisters drilling the rules for Lenten observances–fast, abstinence, foregoing meat were the routine. Well, I’ve been dieting for about six weeks [...]
Christmas Memories
Years ago my sons now 24 and 23 attended church regularly. They went to Sunday school, Summer Bible School, received Baptism, Penance, Holy Eucharist, Confirmation, sang for many years in the Children’s Choir, and even joined the Youth Group for a little while. How they loved going. The Halloween theme–decorations with carved, lighted pumpkins, [...]
