FGG-158 Lord, if You Had Been Here

While on vacation in Florida, I had a chance to talk with one of the neighbors, also a vacationer.  We talked briefly about baseball, the beach, and getting away from …

FGG-156 Your Holy Family

As I sat at mass this morning, I remembered a wonderful, older couple named The Holy’s.  Now that’s a tough name to live up to, but they do it quite …

No Nativity, No Eucharist

“And she gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.” …

FGG-155 The Giving Tree

As we waited for mass to begin, I noticed the giving tree had been set up in the chapel.  For the uninitiated, the Giving Tree is a Christmas tree decorated …