Lenten Eco-Fast - Compost

"Custody of Creation is custody of God's gift to us and it is also a way of saying thank you to God."

-Pope Francis, May 21, 2014

Composting has many benefits. It reduces the amount of waste that ends up in your garbage can and decreases the amount of methane in the air. Methane is a much more damaging greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Sisters in Kingstree have been composting next to their garden for several years (see picture.)

Lenten Fast to Sustain God’s Creation

"God our Father did not give the task of caring for the earth to money, but to us, to men and women: we have this task!"

-Pope Francis, June 5, 2013

Use cloth shopping bags instead of paper and plastic.

Through My Own Grievous Fault

Why does the Church seem to focus so much on sin?  Seeing the Cross makes me uncomfortable.  Thinking of myself as a sinner isn't easy.  Is it just pride?  I don’t think so.  Don’t get me wrong, pride has everything to do with it, but I think there’s more to it.  Seeing myself as worth less because of sin is the lie that whispers shame into my heart.  I'm not worth less when I sin, but that’s how I feel when the spotlight is focused bright on my sin.  As I wrestled with this in prayer, the Lord reminded me of my tooth.  About ten years ago I had a terrible toothache.  It was agony for a few days, but then the pain just went away.  I was relieved and forgot all about it.  Until a dental check-up led to a root canal, which led to two apicoectomies, an extraction, a temporary tooth and finally a very expensive implant.