by Leslie Sholly | Sep 29, 2022 | Catholicism, Deep Thoughts
I remain a parishioner at the church where I was baptized 55 years ago, meaning I have spent well over 2,000 Sunday mornings there. As a child, my mind and my eyes tended to wander, and the stained glass windows provided both entertainment and enlightenment, as they...
by Leslie Sholly | Aug 28, 2022 | Catholicism, Deep Thoughts
In a world obsessed with social media, many of us judge our worth by how often our posts are liked or shared by others, hoping to go viral, obsessively checking our phones throughout the day when we think we have shared something exceptionally profound or amusing....
by Leslie Sholly | Jul 28, 2022 | Catholicism, Deep Thoughts
Abba, Abba Father. You are the potter; we are the clay, the Work of Your hands . . . That is the beginning of a song I remember singing often at morning Mass when I was an 8th grader in parochial school. You probably recall the hymnal; it was ubiquitous in the early...
by Leslie Sholly | Jul 27, 2022 | Abortion, Catholicism, Euthanasia, law, Life Issues, Notre Dame, Vacations
I promised to tell you more about the Vita Institute, and this post will be a start. I planned to write everything up as soon as I came home, but as I came down with COVID almost as soon as I returned, I did not have the energy for anything extra. I’m going to...
by Leslie Sholly | Jul 6, 2022 | book review, books, Catholicism, Uncategorized
I really thought I had completed six books this month. But unless I completely forgot one, it looks like I missed my goal. To be fair, it’s been a crazy month! My first read was completed at the tail end of our vacation, after I picked it up at a cool used...
by Leslie Sholly | Jun 28, 2022 | Catholicism
We may not be worshipping golden statues or sacrificing people to Baal nowadays, but don’t we let attractive worldly things come between us and God? Perhaps it’s money, or power, or romance, or status, or even being right instead of being kind. You alone know what...