It’s the last week in April and the First Week in May 2023. Mark My Words it was the feast day of my namesake this past week, St. Mark. I’m not Lion, but there is one lying in his icon picture. Also this week Fr. Casey Cole explains about exorcism as satancon occurred in Boston. We say a found farewell to singer Harry Bellefonte and trash TV host Jerry Springer. The Louisiana Purchase happened and Louisiana also become a state.... Read more
We all go through worries and experience anxiety to one degree or another. Some of our worries are honestly our own made-up fears that prove to have no roots in reality like what if the battery I need is on a high shelf and the taller person in my house is not home to reach it for me, I then have to forgo using the object I need to use for now. Other forms of worry are things beyond our... Read more
Last Week in Life was a tough week to remember and to live. At least 4 different people looking for someone showed up at the wrong house only to be fired upon by the owner fearing for their life. This happen in… Kansas City. 16 year old Ralph Yarl was going to pick up his younger siblings and rang the doorbell of 84 year old Andrew Lester instead. Andrew decided a black teen ringing his doorbell was a threat to... Read more
I would like to write more…. Book Reviews And I wanted to share the ways I don’t write them. Back in December 2022 I went to the Rhode Island author expo and one of the presenters at one of the workshops was an author named Pete A O’Donnell. I went to one of the many libraries in the Ocean State library system and checked out his children’s fantasy book “The Curse of Purgatory Cove“. It meet the same fate as... Read more
Sometimes I wish this particular weekly column was written better. But sometimes history is like that also. You wish people lived better history. So here is…. Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life. Have Mercy on Us and All History A CHANCE TO DO A WORK OF JUSTICE AND MERCY Karine Omry@KarineOmry (April 14, 2023) ·CALL TO ACTION! #IvanCantu is scheduled to be executed by the state of TX on April 26. Evidence shows he is innocent. Pls write an... Read more
Ever have those nights where you try as heck to lie still and let your brain turn into mud with the goal of drifting off into some sort of deep sleep? Ever have those moments as a writer when you just can’t think of what to write about and your creativity is stuck in the mud? I was having one of those moments last night and decided to turn on the laptop and write something random. Earlier in the day... Read more
Last Week in Life it was HOLY WEEK By the time this is published we are already basking in the glory that is EASTER If you like History and/or the Catholic Faith This Post is for you. A lot of historical and Catholic things happen last week in life. Several people were sentenced to death. Jesus called the Christ Civil Rights Activist Martin Luther King Jr. The accused Russian spies Julius and Ethel Rosenburg Four California Highway Patrol officers Dietrich Bonhoeffer... Read more
Happy Resurrection Easter Day To Everyone. Easter is not simply a remembrance of something that happened in the past – but as we celebrate it we remind ourselves that the resurrection life is to be an everyday experience. On that first Easter morning the disciples were still experiencing Roman occupation and all that came with it, but the realisation that Jesus was alive and that every promise had been fulfilled changed everything. They would never be the same again –... Read more
Holy week is the most solemn, sacred and most beautiful time of the year. We celebrate with Joy the Goodness and Truth of our Belief that God loves us and set us free from the consequences of living in a world drenched in sin and death. But to those first believers who saw the events of holy week happen live and in person it was anything but beautiful and joyful. It was ugly and depressing. To those frightened, fragile, faithless... Read more
Once again we come to the foolish start of April and the beginning of Holy Week. And History highlighted the lives of Typhoid Mary Maria Von Trapp who was portrayed by Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music. The Knights of Columbus. Alaska and Russia. Hans Christian Andersen. Pope John Paul II Pope Francis who went to the hospital. There was also a possible Eucharistic miracle and the Doctrine of Discovery was abolished. Why the polar bear pic? It goes... Read more
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