Category: Personal

One of my very best friends, Brian McEntire, asked his girlfriend Vanessa Clay to marry him last Saturday. In an uncharacteristically weak moment, she accepted. I’m kidding — he’s a great guy, which is why I was glad to sponsor his confirmation into the Church. They announced their engagement for the first time at a party at the Johnson house (attended by John Schultz and his better half — or, given his size relative to her, better one-quarter.)
Please pray that their marriage will be as joyful as it promises to be, and that their preparation goes smoothly. The nuptial Mass is scheduled for November in Houston’s cathedral. May God give them many happy years together.

All of Shakespeare’s tragedies are now available on Open Source Shakespeare, a personal project of mine that will (hopefully) be my grad thesis when it’s all done.

Top row: Virgin Mary and St. Joseph
Bottom row: Sts. Charles Borromeo, Anne, Christopher,
and Archangel Michael
In a private message, a Catholic Light reader mentioned his difficulty with prayer to saints, and I wanted to explain why I think it’s important.

Thanks to all at St. Blog’s for your kind condolences at the death of my mother last week. The funeral was on Monday at her parish church in New Hampshire.
The new pastor, a kind young fellow who works on the diocesan tribunal, celebrated the Mass with reverence and peace, and gave an encouraging homily. At the end of the Mass he read out my own message of thanks to the parish, which sounds like a little homily on its own, come to think of it….

This won’t turn into a family blog, I promise. To round out the pictures of the Johnson family, here are Charlie, 4 1/2, and Christopher, 10 months.

I realize Christopher’s skin color looks strange, but I’m still learning how to use our new digital camera.