Remember this scene in the movie Erin Brockovich? It’s a beautiful sunny day, and children are gaily splashing in the pool in the background. Julia Roberts, playing the title role, has just explained to the mother suffering

I am fortunate to be able to serve as a Eucharistic Minister in my parish, which means I have the great responsibility of carrying Jesus to my community. 

Away in a Manger

It’s official.  I’m addicted to the Internet.  I realized that I have a problem when I felt shortness of breath and heart palpitations with my panic attack when the news came down this afternoon:

I blog about food.  I’ve come to appreciate the “traditional foods” approach to eating and embrace the philosophy that says that if a food’s been around a few thousand years, it should probably be in our diets.

Mary sat at Jesus’s feet and listened to Him teach.  Martha hurried around the kitchen preparing a meal.  I want to be both at once!  The tension between when to be quiet and prayerful and when to bustle around and do many things is difficult for me.  I want to do it all!

In general, in my life, being conscious is of the utmost importance to me. You can read that as “conscious” = awake and functioning or “conscious” = thoughtful, and both will equally apply!

With all the worrying we could be doing about what we feed our families and even what we store that silly food in…how do we have time for prayer? 

The reading for Mass this morning was Mark 9:30-37.  Jesus told His disciples, “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me.”

Even though I won’t be going back to school this year (I’m a teacher in my former life, but I haven’t been since the year prior to last school year)

Ask not what you can take out of your food, but what your food can put into you.