Here’s how this week’s arts and culture column begins:
As Christ observed, “There are many rooms in my Father’s mansion” (John 14:2).
Thank heaven for that.
The communion of saints includes movers and shakers, the organizers, the administrators, the top ecclesiastical guns. There are the nuns who founded orders, built convents, and changed the face of education or health care. There are the martyrs, the stigmatists, and those who persevere through severe physical disabilities.
And every once in a while, there’s a figure so tragicomically out of step that I begin to believe there’s hope even for me.
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believe me , heather, the ending sentence was the best. i am so useless, so un- illustrious… BUT:the Holy Spirit and not me.
i am going through trouble right now and it is so good to find somebody also useless and worthless. BUT: God. Jesus. the Holy Spirit.
of course: BUT : me.
nevertheless it helped.more of it!
your friend tina
I’m glad if my writing helped, Tina…I’m going to post a funny piece about my trip(s) to the Mexican dentist soon, which should be good for a few laughs…