Jer and I got back from Jamaica late Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday I caught up on a bit of work at the Ranch and Thursday we went to Houston to hear a lecture by Fr. Robert Sirico, President and Founder of the Acton Institute. That these events happened so close together is providential. The mission of the…
Wondering, conclusion
Jamaica 4 Sunday, September 4 2012 I am awake at 4:00 and shower in the upstairs bathroom. We don’t need to be up until 6:30 today and we are aware of this fact, but still people begin rising in anticipation of our last day in Kingston around 5:00. The plan for the day is to clean up the large chapel…
Wondering, Part II
Kingston, Jamaica, Saturday, September 29, 2012 I awake at 4:30, eager to beat the crowd to the showers. Alas, someone is already in our upstairs shower so I creep down the stairs to the one located off the carport. I can see that it is free, but the gate has not yet been unlocked. Sister…
Wondering Part I
“Ideas lead to idols. Only wonder leads to knowing.” St. Gregory of Nyssa Today is the Memorial of the Guardian Angels. In Jamaica we met a whole host of them. True to our idea of angels, they are clad all in white. The resemblance stops there, however, as they tend to be small in stature,…