FGG-160 Grace and Gratitude

Gratitude and grace, they just seem to go together.  Both derived from the Latin word gratis, gratitude is our response to grace.  When someone does something unexpected for us we …

Scars- We All Have Them!

“Other times, I look at my scars and see something else: a girl who was trying to cope with something horrible that she should never have had to live through …

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 …