An old Jewish story goes something like this: A wise rabbi once asked his students, “How do you know when the night is over and the day has dawned? One answered, “When you can look at an animal in the distance and tell whether it is a sheep or a dog?” “No,” said the rabbi. [...]
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“What word would you use to describe life?” Josh says to his daughter. “Peace,” she replies. “Or perhaps joy.” After a moment she asks him, “What about your own word for life?” “You wouldn’t want to hear it.” No, she probably wouldn’t. The word he is thinking of is “futility.” Josh, you may remember, is [...]
Because Carol, the homeless woman, is outside most of the time, Sister Elizabeth gave her a sunhat. She left very pleased with the hat, but a couple of blocks from here, her bicycle hit a slick spot on the road, and she fell. The hat landed a little distance from her. As she was scrambling [...]
My great-grandmother was inclined to see spirits. One afternoon, on an otherwise ordinary day, she glimpsed one that was casting a baleful eye on her small grandson (my mother’s brother). Consequently, like any good grandmother, she took action. “Run, Baby, run!” she yelled from the porch. “Run, Baby, run!” I have an image of little [...]
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Posted in Darkness, Glory, On the Road, Trust on Feb 20th, 2005
When I saw the storm looming up ahead of us at midday on the Florida Turnpike, I stopped to take a picture. Sister Elizabeth and I were returning from the Cenacle in Lantana where she had given a weekend retreat to about fifty women. Although we had run in and out of rain all day, [...]