I have a dear friend who has been a Servite sister for many decades. Last week she mentioned in passing that in her community they have a tradition that she called “Go gracefully.” It means that before someone goes on a trip she gets everything done ahead of time. Laundry is done, suitcase packed, driving [...]
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It is with the somber feel of Holy Week that I write that our old friend, Fr. Dennis, has died. Last April I wrote about visiting him with my husband as he said Mass in his apartment. His tears as he tried to get through the Mass with his increasingly debilitating disease was so sad. [...]
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This week we are republishing some of the most popular posts from dotMagis. It was a momentof grace on a Sunday afternoon. My husband, Jim, and I were walking through the crowd into a Creighton U basketball game. In the middle of the throng on the sidewalk ahead of us, we spotted a little girl, [...]
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When we hear the story of Martha and Mary, the sisters who were such close friends of Jesus’, we most likely know which one we are. I have always been a Martha, and like most Marthas, perhaps a little smug about it. We Marthas might roll our eyes when this gospel comes up, picturing Mary [...]
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A while ago I sent this as my first blog posting for dotMagis. Today there is an update. In December of 2009, I wrote: I went to a funeral Monday morning; the mother of a friend. She was about 95 and left behind a grieving husband who will turn 99 next month. They had been [...]
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My husband, Jim, and I had traveled to another town and called an old friend – Fr. Dennis, a priest we had known for a long time. He had been forced into retirement by a debilitating disease. He invited us to his home for Mass. He had a brand new altar in his living room, [...]
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Perhaps because I feel as if I have been brought back to life after a 12-day siege with the flu, I have been thinking a lot about Lazarus. It’s such a deep and wonderful Gospel with Jesus standing at the end of the tomb, peering into the darkness and calling us back to life: “Lazarus, [...]
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Sometimes we are blind to what is right in front of us. Recently at our parish, we watched two altar servers who had fun all through Mass. It may have been the first time they had served Mass. Or maybe they had just gotten really comfortable. They talked. They laughed. They slapped their legs with [...]
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