Posts by LMLC (Page 12)
The Messenger – February 2019
Mary Oliver’s poem “The Journey” has long been one of my favorites in her beautiful and bountiful body of work. Like all good writing, it has meant different things to me each time I’ve returned to it, depending, of course, on the condition of my life and my heart each time. We often refer to life as a journey or a relationship as a journey, and it’s an…
The Messenger – January 2019
PJ’s Page – In the month of January we will move from the liturgical seasons (church seasons) of Christmas to the Feast of Epiphany and the Sundays following. During those Sundays, the readings emphasize and reveal to us how Jesus is made known in the world. We will know Jesus as the Magi find him, in baptism, at a wedding, and teaching in the…
The Messenger – December 2018
PJ’s Page – I’ll be home for Christmas; you can plan on me…. Oh there’s no place like home for the holidays…. Home. It is a word that carries an enormous amount of weight. For some it evokes warm memories and for others it brings heartache and sadness. Like most things, it’s likely that the idea of home evokes not just one or the other, but that our…