Before Sister Rosalie entered the Cenacle, she lived in a house on the Gulf coast with two little dogs named Penny and Black Bart. Whereas Penny was ladylike and prudent, Black Bart was an adventurer. Once when he was still a puppy, an adventure led Black Bart to an unfortunate encounter with a prickly pear, [...]
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Zero Visibility
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, [...]
Last week my brother and sister-in-law, who live in Orange Park, flew to Gainesville and picked me up for a trip to Panama City to visit an uncle who is very ill. Although I have flown many times in small aircraft — before I entered the Cenacle, my brother gave me a few flying lessons [...]
Going Down with the Ship
Posted in In God's Hand, Suffering, Trust on Feb 19th, 2005
There is a heartwrenching article in Time magazine [David Van Biema, "When God Hides His Face," Time, July 16, 2001] about the Guthrie family, whose second child, Hope, was born severely brain damaged because of a genetic disorder called Zellweger Syndrome. She lived only seven months. After her birth, David Guthrie got a vasectomy, but [...]