I'm still smiling, thinking about the Catholic Country Chronicles Marian brunch last Saturday morning! Fifty women joined us on a glorious May morning to honor our Blessed Mother. It was such a joy to visit with the women as we drank coffee, ate pastries, and chit-chatted. I had the chance to stand face-to-face with many of the women as I tied knot after knot for them during our rosary-making workshop. Baby James and I tying knots until our fingers were sore! Admittedly, the knots were the...

Jesus It is I Who has come Everywhere am I from. I was here that first day, As I sang forth golden rays. I always was and will be, My legacy is eternity. But my beloved have gone astray, So, a bargaining price I must pay. Terrifying King could I have ascended, Yet a helpless babe my mother tended. You are My chosen, the one whom I love, For you, My suffering opened paradise above. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The wind howled as the rain...

Ox Wandering adrift through the hills, I roam. No place for me do I call a home. Something is stirring tonight in the breeze. Something is calling out to me. To my feet I fly as fast as they can carry, My heart is crying, “Now don’t you dare tarry!” There’s a light up ahead, where darkness once stood. Behold, the Chosen One in a manger of wood. His beautiful face; a sight to behold. Truly, it was He whom the prophets foretold. A Home for the homeless, a place to belong, Emmanuel has come...