Gentle readers, it’s been far too long! I plead vacation plus spotty internet at home. The result has been no blogging, but ample time to mull over the impact my little two day pilgrimage has had on my little life. I don’t know how to start, so I’ll just begin at the beginning. there’s a [...]
Archive for August, 2011
Czestochowa or Bust, Part 1
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged awesomeness, Franciscans, me, Polish Pilgrimage on August 31, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Pilgrimage and Prayer
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged pilgrimage, prayer on August 11, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Well, folks, I’m off on pilgrimage tomorrow. Right now I’m sitting in my parent’s kitchen in Maryland. Tonight my sisters and I pack our tent and backpacks and head off to exotic Doylestown, Pennsylvania to do part of the annual walking pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa. It’s a four day hike, [...]
Feast of St. Lydia Purpuraria
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged feasts and namedays, Saints, St. Lydia on August 3, 2011 | 2 Comments »
On the sabbath we went outside the city gate along the river where we thought there would be a place of prayer. We sat and spoke with the women who had gathered there. One of them, a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth, from the city of Thyatira, a worshiper of God, listened, [...]
Fraternal Correction or Fraternal Beat Down?
Posted in Uncategorized on August 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In Colossians St. Paul gives us a manual for how Christians ought to behave. It’s a basic instruction for ordinary Christian living, and it’s a challenge. In the last few months I’ve been very discouraged by how some serious Catholics present the gospel. The more I hear about the duty for Catholics and other Christians [...]
