Faith at Home

Like students taking a test, we often assign God to boxes without realizing it: God will be present at church, in Mass or in class. But we can forget that Emmanuel is with us everywhere and always.

I once heard God's option for the poor and vulnerable explained like this:

When I was 11 years old, wrestling with my brother's recent death, the new parish priest came bounding into our religion class one afternoon. He announced that he would take our questions (submitted anonymously) to answer in his next homily.

Grandparents rank among the best gift-givers.

School is done and summer has begun. But between registering kids for sports and mapping family road trips, I've had to catch myself. Where could we seek and find God in this new season, too?

How often do you think about how small you are?

Since I was young, leafing through colorful pages in my children's Bible, I've loved the Gospel story where the friends lower the paralyzed man through the roof of the home where Jesus was staying.

Our youngest turns 1 year old today. Last night we baked a cake, hung the birthday banners and set his presents on the kitchen table.