The Holy Spirit's Family Room

Isn’t this true? The musical Wicked includes this song lyric at the end, as two friends, then bitter enemies, reconcile. It touched my heart, as I truly believe each of us is changed for good as we rub up against each other in this busy, complex life. We may not always agree. We may have…

Sometimes all we can do is wait, just get through it. “It” can be a difficult diagnosis, it can be an injury. It can be a trauma in our lives like a divorce or the death of a loved one. Uncertainty hangs heavy, and we want to move on, but the message we get from…

It’s just a moment. No big deal! I’m just waiting in line, or driving home, or watching the dinner cook. Later there will be more important moments, when we eat the dinner, or I arrive at checkout, or visit with loved ones. But this moment, oh, it’s just sort of wasted. Have we ever given…

How often have we heard, or said, “I hate change!” As human beings, we like to have the answers, we like our routine, we try to simplify our lives and control our future by keeping our plans and our days the same. Change always requires us to adjust, sometimes for a happier alternative and sometimes…

Family Room June 25, 2023 As we go along through the daily challenges of our lives, like broken sprinklers, cars, or bureaucratic problems, the term “heavily laden” may not seem to apply. Praise God! Each of our lives has those “ordinary times” when we just go along, go along. But each of our lives also…

Just before, the day before, I began chemotherapy I was blessed to consult with a priest and spiritual director, a wise man. When I asked him how I could weather this journey through illness, his advice surprised me. He thought for a moment, then said, “radical openness.” I was not expecting this response. “What? I…

Change comes to us all. For me, change has meant a recent diagnosis of metastatic cancer. I don’t know what God has planned for me – no one of us does. The song at Mass today, “Here I am Lord,” spoke loudly to my heart. God says, “I will break their hearts of stone, Give…

As people who care about our life on this precious earth, we have an opportunity to share one of the most powerful videos ever produced. It “stars” Pope Francis, and outlines his God-inspired thoughts on the future of our world, its peoples, and its resources. The video is called “The Letter” and it is a…