Articles tagged with: nuns
Of Angels and Peace
“We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can fly only by embracing one another.”~~~author unknown.
As a Catholic child I was raised in the Church when Masses were still in Latin, and reverence was a mighty force. We were taught by the nuns that each of us has a guardian angel sent by God to watch …
Do You Believe in the Power of Prayer?
One of my earliest and most profound memories as a child was playing outdoors when I was about five years old. I looked up at a blue sky and saw something that even I knew was incredulous. There were three cameos, large but not too large; colorful but not too colorful, and they were there as though placed by God …
UNCLARIFIED BUTTER: MY CHILDHOOD CONFUSION
I was such an innocent kid. But then aren’t all children until they reach an age of reasoning and ponder some reflections of their youth? Some reflections bring a smile, some a shudder and some just have me shaking my head. Here are a few of my reflections:
My mother: An intelligent woman of style, class and grace. But mothers leave …
Laments From the Third Tier
Sinatra sang, “Regrets, I’ve had a few but then again, too few to mention.” We all have regrets in our lives but sometimes there are smaller things to lament. They don’t rank as high up as the top rung, so I denote them as being third-tier laments. No, this is not my “Bucket List” because most of these items cannot be done or …
