This House You're Building

Category: Liturgical Living

  • The Second Wine

    Let’s build a house with turned out doors So we can share what love affords Pour ourselves out like a wine that we’ve been saving When our well is running dry; when we raise our glasses high Happy, shining are the faces of the thirsty –Audrey Assad, “Blessed are the Ones” Pre-Cana meetings have long…

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  • Longing for Spring

    It has been one cold, teeth-chattering  winter. This past Saturday, however, the D.C. region was visited by upper 60s, early Spring weather and it proved to be a day for everyone to finally enjoy being outside again. Ah, I long for Spring. Jonathan and I had the pleasure of taking my sweet little nephew Joey…

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  • The Empty Tomb

    Roll away the stone! Christ is risen! Happy Easter, my friends! The Resurrection of the Lord is the cause of my extraordinary Easter joy and I deeply wish to share it with you. First, here is today’s Gospel reading, according to St. John: On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the…

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  • The Protector

    Ever since I made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 2010, one devotion that grew in fervor was to the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. Having the blessed opportunity to stay in Nazareth for a few days of that pilgrimage and visiting sacred sites such as the home of the Blessed Mother…

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  • Bean There, Done That

    If it wasn’t for la bella vita I lived in Italy for over 120 days three years ago, who knew when my taste buds would come around in willingly accepting the bitter taste of red wine or a cup of coffee on the regular. Almost every night, either bottles of good wine or gallon jugs of…

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