I wish you a week of positive thoughts and wishes that come true. What is here is now and it is right and beautiful. I continually thank so many who have send me cards and prayers as I process the passing of my Annie. She is finally complete and comfortable and the messages I get from her through feathers and thoughts confirm that there is another place of dancing peaceful wonder. Like many of you, I did enjoy Pope Francis’ visit and the excellent coverage…
I watched the Pope arrive at Andrews. It was pomp and ceremony, pagentry, and ritual. I guess we need that to add dignity to the big events we deem important in life. The Pope, for all the passionate and/or controversial things he promotes and stands for is first and foremost a simple man. I’m sure he would agree to that. He is also the leader of a major faction of Christianity and that entitles his office and him to the formal repect of pagentry. I…
I love the rallies for anti-terrorism all over the world. I love the trend where Muslims are standing up to the radical factions of their belief. I abhor the lack of truth in conversation from all sectors of our global society. I love the action of Pope Francis to say that insulting another’s belief is wrong. I am disappointed in the unilateral choices of President Obama for I think he has given up. Maybe not! But so it seems. I am disturbed that Speaker Boehner…
First of all, full disclosure. I was raised Catholic, but I no longer participate in this dogma for many reasons. Now I have a litany of new reasons. The Archdiocese of Cincinnati has arbitrarily revised its parochial teachers contract for all their teachers whether they are Catholic or not. As CNN stated it: “Now they have a morality clause which basically forbids teachers from — among other things — living together or having sex outside of marriage, using in-vitro fertilization, a gay “lifestyle,” or publicly…