Monday

This is a picture of the altar at my parish. It's quite stunning. Our priest did a great job of taking a flat-out ugly altar and transforming it into something great. * * * * * * * The first angel to the right of the cross (blonde angel, blowing a trumpet) is supposedly modeled on my son, Jack. The priest used the various altar servers as models. I can't find my son, Michael, up there, but when the artist was doing the mural, Jack was serving more than Michael. * * * * * * * I ran across a great series of podcasts. Search "discerning hearts." You'll find a goldmine of intelligent Catholic interviews. * * * * * * * Yesterday, I listened to an interview about Edith Stein. I was reminded that she converted after reading St. Theresa Avila's Autobiography. This prompted me to take it off the shelf yesterday. It's an awfully large book, but the interview implied that Stein read it in a single evening. Anybody know if that's accurate? * * * * * * * The Discerning Hearts website it pretty cool, too. I'm bookmarking it. * * * * * * * Consistent with past practice, holiday blogging is light (to reflect this blog's holiday traffice). Have a great Labor Day.