Tom Faranda's Folly

Yesterday I posted this At my Church (Holy Name of Mary) waiting for the baby but now – Merry Christmas and in this war torn world let’s hope and pray for Peace.

The creche at the front of the Church. As they say in Jamaica "Soon come"    

I lifted this whole thing from the Reclaiming Our Children blog on the Entering Canaan website. Here is the link – ROC blog Theresa is a close friend of Brigid and myself. Something really struck me this morning at my Holy Hour, I do not like the Advent/ Christmas Season. Instead of drawing closer to … Read more

The document is carefully worded but is already being mis-applied and used as a cudgel by Catholics of a variety of persuasions. It takes pains to say there is no such thing as same sex marriage. Here is a link to a good discussion. I have not read the Vatican document (but I will in … Read more

Reminds me of my friend Jeanne Marie. The Babylon Bee’s Person Of The Year Is This Housewife You’ve Never Heard Of Who Loves Her Kids And Does Her Best BOISE, ID — The Babylon Bee has officially announced its person of the year: housewife Christina Meyers, 34, of Boise Idaho. Meyers is the mom of … Read more

I’m pretty sure the last time I was in the gym with Tim was pre-pandemic. But Wednesday evening we were both there and lucky to get the only two benches in the gym. For point of reference – here is some Tim lifting in high school which I posted on the ninth – Tim’s birthday … Read more

I’d posted something yesterday from his book Dark Night of the Soul. A quote, Saint John of the Cross Feast Day tomorrow And here is a pretty good, quick bio. John became a priest in 1567 and considered joining the Carthusian Order where monks lived cloistered in individual cells. He was attracted by the simple … Read more

Dark Night of the Soul "The reason why the soul not only travels securely when in obscurity, but also makes greater progress, is this: In general the soul makes greater progress in the spiritual life when it least thinks so, yea, when it rather imagines that it is losing everything …There is another reason also … Read more

Wow. Here’s how they do it –