half hermit by the lake

The cover of this month's Give Us This Day is a picture of a white robed figure in a swirl of colors.  The artist, Daniel Bonnel, ti...

I have often quoted Julian of Norwich's famous line, "All will be well, and all will be well, and every kind of thing will be we...

The shore of the Sea of Galilee. An excellent pizzeria near my home has a very large pizza they call "Abundanza."   The mirac...

After the angel Gabriel made his announcement to Mary, the young girl responded, "Let it happen to me as you have said."  I lik...

My favorite depiction of Mary Magdalene is in Franco Zeffirielli's  1977 TV series Jesus of Nazareth.  Perfectly played by Anne Banc...

In the Lord's Prayer, Jesus helps us to understand what he means by The Reign of God.  In Hebrew poetry a second line often repeats t...

I'm still here.  I haven't had the energy to do a blog.  I am having trouble with my breathing.  Had a pet-scan and biopsy last w...