by Leslie Sholly | Dec 13, 2021 | book review, books, Catholicism, Deep Thoughts, Notre Dame
Posting late this month because 1) Thanksgiving and 2) End of semester for my kids and 3) Christmas preparations, but even though I am too late for my regular linkup, I wanted to keep up my monthly update–especially as I hit my goal for the month! The Raven in...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 20, 2021 | Catholicism, Deep Thoughts
Today’s First Reading is really satisfying, isn’t it? Imagine King Antiochus, secure in the power of his army, head full of dreams of silver and gold. He is so certain of victory that when things don’t go his way, he is dismayed. In today’s slang, we might say he is...
by Leslie Sholly | Sep 20, 2021 | Catholicism, Deep Thoughts
Today’s Gospel Acclamation exhorts us to let our light shine, and in the Gospel Jesus reminds us not to place that light under a bushel. At the end of their exile, the Israelites could not hide the light of their faith and their appreciation of the good things God had...
by Leslie Sholly | Apr 30, 2021 | Deep Thoughts
March 2020. It was the beginning of the pandemic–schools had just been shut down. Everything was strange and I was afraid. I had been walking at the park down the street from my house since the beginning of the year–I’d stop on my way to pick up the...
by Leslie Sholly | Jan 18, 2021 | Deep Thoughts, Politics
I’m seeing a lot of people online whining, frankly, about free speech and censorship and living in a communist country because President Trump got kicked off Twitter and Parler got shut down and now we’ll be next and no doubt they are coming for our guns...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 3, 2020 | Catholicism, Deep Thoughts, Politics
I love voting on Election Day, but wishing to leave nothing to chance in this crazy year, I took advantage of early voting last week. I marked my paper ballot for Joe Biden, coloring it in very carefully and staring at it for a long time afterward before I scanned...