We have about a half-dozen or so CWG authors who have written Lenten devotionals, and over the next few weeks, I’d like to introduce a few of them. First up is Margaret Realy, author of the freshly-released Cultivating God’s Garden Through Lent (Patheos Press, January 2013). This book has received […]
This and That
Those of you who saw my post on Investing in Failure must have been surprised to see the Member News this week in which Catholics Communicate Christ was #1 for a day! Despite that encouraging moment in its life, it’s still a glorious failure! If you’d like to offer it […]
Christmas in the Garden
CWG Member Margaret Rose Realy has a lovely series of Christmas posts up revolving around her specialty, gardening and spirituality: Practical Gardening: Christmas Houseplants The Symbolism of Christmas Evergreens Adam, Eve, and the Christmas Tree Move Over Poinsettia, Rosemary’s Here! Margaret is the author of A Garden of Visible Prayer […]
Poet’s Reign on Sunday
August celebrates many saints and feast days including the Queenship of Mary and the “forgottten” Saint Bartholomew. The feast, though that overshasdows them all is the Transfiguration. If you gave it some thought, where are the “marks” in your life where you could say you were truly changed? Our friend […]
Sprinklers at Church: The Origins of the Aspergillum
I was recently thinking about aspergillums, the sprinklers used at Mass (and elsewhere) to disperse Holy Water. I didn’t imagine the silver sticks with a ball on the end, but a rustic aspergillum made of a plant; the sort of thing Moses would have whipped up to sling a bull’s […]