Spirituality

By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Hmm … equinox this week, and so autumn begins this week. Ah, spring and autumn—favorite times of the year … the first showcasing beauty of new life, and the autumn foliage an analogy for Christians of the inevitability of death, and yet with anticipation and faith of future resurrection.

Well, the kids are all firmly ensconced and absorbed with their classes by now. We certainly hope this year has lesser disruption than last when COVID burst upon the scene. Cheers to the teachers who had to do all the remote teaching, and at times remote and in-class teaching.

That came to mind with Read More

By Father Glenn Jones:

Well, the 9/11 memorials are winding down now after the 20^th anniversary of that tragic day. They’ll continue, of course … for a few years, at least … but less and less as the years and decades pass. That’s just the way of things.  Fewer and fewer people will be alive to remember that day—the emotions, the pain, the outrage. Remember the silence in cities when all planes were grounded and/or diverted to Canada? We need only look at December 7; it seems hardly noticed anymore. It would be interesting to poll high school students to know how many even know the significance of that Read More

By Fr. Glenn Jones

I hate shopping. A lot of people are like that … exacerbated these days by the fact that you can order pretty much everything online and have it delivered to your door. But … I’d never been to a Costco before, so yesterday I thought I’d do a little reconnaissance to see if they had anything that I could use. Uhhhh … wow. Just … wow. I’d been to Sam’s before, but … dang!

I couldn’t help but recall videos of foreigners from impoverished countries entering our stores and being utterly flabbergasted … or suspicious, wondering if it was a propaganda “show” store.  Nope; these types of Read More