by Staff | Apr 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
When I was 54, my husband Mario died, at 58, of spinal cancer, just 6 weeks after he was diagnosed. He had been being treated for a sprained muscle in his neck, which turned out to be 2 cracked discs in his spine in the neck area. He was in such pain that I honestly...
by Staff | Mar 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
My serenity is inversely proportional to my expectations. The higher my expectations of other people are, the lower is my serenity. -Alcoholics Anonymous – Big Book It is natural for human beings to have expectations in people, places, and things and the way they...
by Staff | Mar 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
I will restore to you the years which the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent among you. (Job 2:25) In the fall of 2017, we observed the 50th Anniversary of our Confirmations and entry into the...
by Staff | Mar 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
Lent has always been a very important time of the church calendar at St. Michael’s. Growing up as a child of the parish in 1950s and 1960s, observation of Lent was something every church member took seriously. Everyone made very careful decisions about what each would...
by Staff | Feb 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
“It’s all about the process”. That is what I heard while studying art in college. “If you don’t like the process of creating art, then you won’t like being an artist”. This is a truism: the process itself is where the product of art comes from. It is the emotional,...
by Staff | Feb 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
As we walk through this forty day Lenten journey of prayer, fasting, and reflection — in preparation for Easter — it can be hard to decide what actions to take. With that, below are a few creative Lenten ideas that will help shift the focus off of self and onto...
