Reflections

Seven Months Later

By Barbara Lishko "Where did all the time go" we often comment as we wonder out loud. I might say the same thing as I look at my dusty, neglected, first attempt at blogging and my sadly forgotten writing. What's the deal? How could so much time pass by without as much...

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Go and Do Likewise

Today's Gospel is about the Good Samaritan. Everyone knows the story for the most part (Luke 10:25-37). Right? It's a real "feel good" story and I think we all would want  a chance to be a Good Samaritan if  it ever came about. I believe that this scenario presents...

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Filling the Unfillable Void

 By Barbara Lishko “Our hearts are restless Lord, until they rest in thee.”  St Augustine knew well what he was writing about, having spent part of his life filling the void with everything but God. It is difficult to watch people you care about “fill their voids”...

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Extraordinary Time

“You just don’t understand.” she told me in exasperation. “No”, I sighed. “I guess I don’t.” We had just finished this amazing day and a small inconsequential occurrence, that any other time would have been easily dismissed, caused her to rethink everything as the day...

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How the Lost Get Found

While at work the other day I got a text from one of my sons, “where is the video camera?” After spending five minutes making sure I had each word spelled correctly and had properly punctuated, I texted him back. Ten seconds later his response indicated that he had...

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