Defend us in battle

Also in the religious goods store in Saltillo. The St. Michael statue was huge and wonderful. Is it me, or does his headress have an Aztec-ian feel? More substantive posts forthcoming.  Re-entry is a challenge.

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Saints

I picked these up at a religious goods shop in Saltillo. The salt, oil and incense with the St. Benedict holy card are “bendita,” I was assured by the clerk. (Blessed by a priest). I was particularly interested in the saint in the center – San Charbel Maklouf – for I had seen his image [...]

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Borderline

I’m not going to do a day by day, blow-by-blow account of our time in Mexico. There are more interesting ways to tell the story. In addition, I think doing so would be disrespectful to the way that FMC hopes people will experience mission weeks: as a missionary who can’t predict what and who a [...]

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We went to Mexico

Last fall, Joseph came home from school with news about his friend: “Mark (as we will call him) is going to Mexico next summer to help build houses. Can  we go?” I had been vaguely aware that our parish was floating the idea of a family mission trip to Mexico (a first for this parish), [...]

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A week away…

…but definitely still somewhere. Still not back yet. More later.

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Ora

…especially you, please:

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Awe struck

If you’ve  traveled on I-75 through  Ohio, you recognize this… ..,struck by lightning yesterday. (Photos:  cincinnati.com)

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Mail Call

Royal mail call, that is: Tossed on the porch this afternoon. Hmmm? Very gratifying to see, after all this time. Now…what to do with the awesome bag?

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