A Homily for Ascension Thursday [Christ] ascended, not to distance himself from our lowly state but that we, his members, might be confident of following where he, our Head and Founder, has gone before. –Preface I of the Ascension of the Lord– When I was in college, years before
Read moreThe Courtship of Princess Lucilda By Father Bernard J. Ezaki Tell All the Truth Tell all the truth but tell it slant, Success in circuit lies, Too bright for our infirm delight The truth’s superb surprise; As lightning to the children eased With explanation kind, The truth
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And a leper came to him, entreating him, and kneeling down he said, “If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.” –Mark 1:40– Once, when I was about eight or nine years old, I said to my sister Marybeth, “Hey, Marybeth! Wouldn’t it be neat if we couldn’t feel
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