Below is an article written by Patrick Buchanan. He talks about America falling apart, and I will let you read it for yourselves. My point here is not to get into the political sphere, but instead to take a look at spiritual sphere. Whether or not America falls apart, and Read more
Today I attended the funeral of Mrs. Eleanor Yank, a woman I have known for nearly 3 decades. The Yank and Fenelon families have been close friends for nearly 50 years. They are so close that two of the Yank sisters married two of the Fenelon brothers and the families Read more
I’m learning how to do dishes again. It’s not like I had forgotten, because I don’t think any mom could actually forget how to do dishes, although I’ll bet a bunch of us wish we could forget. It’s more like having forgotten the routine of doing dishes. I haven’t had Read more
Now I’m finally a techno-nerd! Amazing! For years , and my kids would claim centuries, I have avoided technology with a passion. I simply don’t like gizmos of any kind whatsoever. Well I guess that’s not completely true, because as a kid I really loved my little handheld transistor radio. Read more
Today’s First Reading was a hoot. It was a hoot in the sense that it got me chuckling because I realize that there’s more than a little bit of Gideon in me. The reading is from Judges 6:11-28a and it’s about the Lord’s call of Gideon. God sends his angel Read more
Fenelon Clan belongs to a parish that has daily Mass at noon rather than in the morning. For years I went to the noon Mass and simply made the break in my day to get there. Eventually, as the kids got older and more involved in their own lives and Read more
Moses died today, in Scripture that is. He actually died thousands of years ago. But in today’s readings at Mass, Moses died and was buried somewhere in Moab. The exact site of his grave is unknown, so no one can even pay respects to his remains. Strange, isn’t it? Upon Read more