Tag Archives: Ash Wednesday

The Faithful

Posted on February 10, 2016 by deborahmeister

Visiting a nursing home is a good way to get in touch with your mortality. Each of the three parishes I have served has maintained a relationship with at least one such home, and that’s why I have been thinking, this … Continue reading →

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Ash Wednesday

Posted on March 5, 2014 by deborahmeister

After the death, after the funeral, after the condolences, after the kind words and the food and the tears and the embraces, my mother and I were left alone with a small brown cardboard box. It looked like any box, … Continue reading →

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The Dust of Life Shared

Posted on February 23, 2013 by jimq2012

At dusk last Wednesday a parishioner from St. Alban’s stood on a sidewalk facing Massachusetts Avenue waiting for a ride.  Having attended the noonday service earlier that day his forehead still bore the sign of his mortality and penitence.  While … Continue reading →

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On Sale Today: Ashes

Posted on February 13, 2013 by jimq2012

In New Orleans I lived in a house that was located two blocks from a very popular Mardi Gras parade route (a New Orleanian would ask, “Is there such thing as an unpopular parade route?”)  The house was on a … Continue reading →

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In Communion

Posted on February 21, 2012 by sonyasutton

My wish for everyone is that there would be one moment in your life when you knew, without any doubt, that God existed.  One such moment in my life was hearing Gregorio Allegri’s setting of Psalm 51, Miserere Mei, Deus … Continue reading →

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