Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope! To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, […]

Saint Brendan was an Irish monk. His job was to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ. To do that he had to find people who never heard of Jesus. It was dangerous to travel. People could be killed by pirates or bandits. The weather could storm and sink the boat. Brendan built a boat called […]

St. Brendan the Navigator was an Irish monk. His job was to teach people about God. He built a boat and sailed to look for a place where people didn’t know about heaven and God. He found places. He would teach the people and then go sail again to find more people and places. It […]

Not the blog but the actual house. A nice young man who is earning money to go back to school has undertaken the job of fixing up the landscaping in the from of oour house. It was a sad bunch of dead bushes and limp looking mulch. He is working like the devil in pretty […]

Today the sun is shining. I just saw a beautiful butterfly and a bee. I heard a bird whistle away. There was a little breeze.I saw a two little flowers on a bush. They were skinny at the bottom and became fat at the top. The petals looked like little sharp purple mountains. It felt […]