What do you really want for Christmas? Many times during my life I’ve heard people say, “Well, it just won’t be Christmas without…” You can fill in the blank. Snow? A Vacation? The Christmas Bonus? Presents? The, “Elf on the Shelf?” Christmas lights? The holiday bread that Grandma makes? “It’s a Wonderful Life?” Christmas carols? A live Christmas tree? Gaudy […]
Sr. Marie Morgan, OSF
Cletus The “Cuss Pig”
“I tell you, on the day of judgment people will render an account for every careless word they speak.” (Matthew 12:26) I have to admit, every time I read these words in Scripture, I get a little nervous. We are living in an age in which we are flooded with words – through advertising, TV, internet, and music. Like anything […]
Dirty Habits
A few weeks ago, I drove Sister Mary Joseph, one of my Franciscan Sisters, to Chicago to visit one of her relatives. It was a blazing hot day, and let me be the first to tell you – when one wears a long, brown, polyester, habit (double layered with the scapular) along with a black veil while standing in the […]
Modern “Spectacles”
This past semester I had the joy of teaching an honors-elective course to high school Seniors entitled, “Great Catholic Thinkers.” The former instructor of the course, a very charismatic and brilliant young priest, always said that taking this course was a bit like “roller skating through the Uffizi.” He had a valid point. I would add that while teaching it, […]
Will We Know Our Loved Ones in Heaven?
In last week’s article, A Match Made in Heaven, I remembered a promise made to my cousin. This article fulfills the promise – a letter to his new bride. Dear Erin, First of all, I welcome you to our family! You made such a lovely bride and the wedding was so beautiful. It was a day that I will not […]
A Match Made in Heaven
“For this reason a man shall leave (his) father and (his) mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” This is a great mystery, but I speak in reference to Christ and the church. (Eph. 5:31) A few weekends ago, I had the honor of attending my cousin Jack’s wedding at our family’s Parish […]
SPD and the Prince of Peace
Reflections of a Catholic High School Teacher – SPD and the Prince of Peace A few weeks ago, one of my sophomore students showed up in class wearing a rather interesting sweatshirt. I glanced up and noticed that he had placed one of the drawstrings of his hoodie into one his ears, and the other drawstring was placed into the […]