Jamaica 4 Sunday, September 4 2012 I am awake at 4:00 and shower in the upstairs bathroom. We don’t need to be up until 6:30 today and we are aware of this fact, but still people begin rising in anticipation of our last day in Kingston around 5:00. The plan for the day is to…
Wondering, conclusion
Jamaica 4 Sunday, September 4 2012 I am awake at 4:00 and shower in the upstairs bathroom. We don’t need to be up until 6:30 today and we are aware of this fact, but still people begin rising in anticipation of our last day in Kingston around 5:00. The plan for the day is to clean up the large chapel…
Wondering Part I
“Ideas lead to idols. Only wonder leads to knowing.” St. Gregory of Nyssa Today is the Memorial of the Guardian Angels. In Jamaica we met a whole host of them. True to our idea of angels, they are clad all in white. The resemblance stops there, however, as they tend to be small in stature,…
Changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes
Friday, September 28, 2012 6:45 PM Jamaica Time I am sitting at a table in a makeshift dining room/men’s dorm in what in what usually serves as the chapel for Holy Innocents Maternity Home, run by the Missionaries of the Poor (MOP) in Kingston, Jamaica. I won’t be able to post this blog until my return…