19th Monday in Ordinary Time
Consulting my Catholic sources, yesterday was the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Two weeks from today, I will turn 55. I don't much care for big celebrations. In fact, since my mother died, I feel sad on my birthday probably because she isn't here to wish me "Happy Birthday". I know I will hear from my Dad and I look forward to that. He is a huge source of inspiration for me. Confined to a wheelchair in a nursing home where he is in the minority as far as being mentally alert, he does not let his situation get him down. He has become a prolific writer of poetry. Many of his poems are crafted as epitaphs for recently deceased residents. Epiitaphs occur daily. When I went to visit him last November, he had a spiral notebook in the bottom drawer of his dresser and it was filled with poems. My 2 older sons went to visit him last week with Christian's wife, Jayme, and their son, Phoenix. Nathaniel, my oldest son, said he s...