Author Archives: srdianne

If righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing.  Galatians 2:21             I remember reading the popular children’s book The Little Engine That Could to my two boys many years ago.  Great illustrations, great supporter of our … Continue reading →

Wichita (in remembrance of Bill Barber)             Many years ago, passing through St. Leo’s parking lot, I saw a bumper sticker that said something like “I served on the Wichita.”  Immediately my mind went back to a November day in … Continue reading →

Give them some food yourselves             In the Adult Education session delivered last Sunday on the Lectionary Readings for the month of June, we made reference to the novel Hard Times by Charles Dickens.  It’s about the tendency of modern … Continue reading →

Costello: So I pick up the ball and throw it to who? Abbott: Now that’s the first thing you’ve said right.            Long ago I did a survey of how often the number three occurs in … Continue reading →

Come, Holy Spirit, come! . . . In our labor, rest most sweet; Grateful coolness in the heat.             The Holy Spirit of Pentecost comes often in forceful ways as in Vatican II – but maybe more often in gentler … Continue reading →