โThere are good ships, there are wood ships, there are ships that sail the sea. But the best ships are friendships and may that always be.โ An old Irish proverb Do you remember what you were doing when you were 29 years old? Well for me it was in early April 1984. I had just …
โ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐.โ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ซ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐ (๐๐๐๐) Can you remember the experience of sitting at the kitchen or dining room table growing up? At first glance you might say, โWhatโs so memorable about that oak table?โ After all, …
“Death ends a life, not a relationship. All the love you created is still there. All the memories are still there. You live on โ in the hearts of everyone you have touched and nurtured while you were here.” ย From the book, Tuesdays with Morrie (1997) by Mitch Albom During the past several weeks, a …
โ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐ป๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐โฆ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐.โ (๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐ 11:28) In many ways, the grief journey is like carrying a backpack and a metaphor for the emotional weight we carry after the …
“Above all, trust in the slow work of God” Excerpt from the prayer “Patient Trust” by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, SJ Earlier this month we concluded another Daytime and Evening cohort of our Parish Bereavement Program and as always, we closed our final session with a beautiful prayer called “Patient Trust” by Pierre Teilhard de …
โ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐โ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐ This photo of my family was taken on Thanksgiving Day in 1971 when I was 16 years old and a junior at Paramus …
๐ ๐ ๐บ ๐ก๐พ๐๐พ๐บ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐ข๐๐บ๐ผ๐, ๐จ ๐๐บ๐๐พ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ฝ๐๐บ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐บ๐๐พ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐พ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐บ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐บ๐๐๐พ. ๐ณ๐๐๐ ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐พ ๐๐๐พ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐บ ๐ ๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐๐พ, ๐บ ๐๐๐ป, ๐บ ๐๐๐๐๐ป๐ ๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐พ๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐พ๐๐พ๐ ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐บ ๐๐พ๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐บ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐ป๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐บ ๐๐พ๐ ๐ผ๐๐บ๐๐๐พ๐ …
โ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ โฆ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐” ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฏ:(๐ญ-๐ด) I hadย a great hike last week with Cali, one of our three Golden Retrievers, celebrating all the beauty of the new autumn season now upon us. And, as …
Some days you just have to say thank you Lord for all the blessings of nature He has bestowed to all of us. I often drive along Ocean Avenue here in Spring Lake, NJ on my way to Mass in the morning on purpose so I can peer out of my car window to take …
As I began my 20 minute drive to the Princeton Junction train station from my home in Pennington, NJ on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, I couldnโt help but notice the beautiful blue sky on what I thought would be just another busy Tuesday in my typical work week. It was a welcome change from my …
