journeys
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The “What Now”
What does post-Confirmation life entail? The excitement of the day has passed; I’ve experienced the overwhelming support and joy of the Church and my new extended family. I’ve visited countless different parishes and worshiped with countless different groups. I’ve gone on a spiritual retreat. I’ve emerged into my new life ready and raring to go.… Continue reading
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The Mother Plant
My family has this undying spider plant. Great-Aunt Edith received it from a friend in 1970-something, where it lived for years in her home in Yonkers. As the plant grew, and continued to grow, everyone in the family received its children. Aunt Edith passed away, but her son became keeper of the spider, thrusting its… Continue reading
And they said to him, “Inquire of God, we pray thee, that we may know whether the journey on which we are setting out will succeed.”
And the priest said to them, “Go in peace. The journey on which you go is under the eye of the LORD.”
—Judges 18:5–6