Photina

Photina
n., An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain. v.intr., To rise to the surface, ready to flow; to rise or surge from an inner source. v.tr., To pour forth. adj., In a satisfactory condition; right or proper. interj., Used to introduce a remark, resume a narrative, or fill a pause during conversation; used to express surprise.dictionary.com

Friday, April 04, 2003

Today is the feast of St. Isidore of Seville, bishop and Doctor of the Church. He also happens to be the proposed Patron Saint of the Internet . . .

posted by Heidi | 4.4.03

Wednesday, April 02, 2003

Lest there be any confusion...

I am not a nun.

This is not the sort of thing I generally take time to clarify (it being fairly obvious to me, for one, that I am not a nun), but apparently this rumor is circulating somehow--to the extent that one of my sister's friends was convinced, despite initial doubts, by a family I vaguely know that I had become a nun (my sister having somehow failed to communicate this to her personally).

Not only am I not a nun, but if I have any ultimate convent-bound vocation, God has yet to communicate it to me (and it has not been an issue we've ignored).

My family has facetiously remarked that perhaps this rumor accounts for a certain dearth of dates in my life lately . . .

Hm.

posted by Heidi | 2.4.03

Today is the feast of St. Francis of Paola, founder of the Order of Minims. The painting I chose is The Miracles of Saint Francis of Paola by Peter Paul Rubens, a Flemish painter of the 17th century.

posted by Heidi | 2.4.03

Monday, March 31, 2003

I wonder how many people I managed to scare by not showing up to Mass for the last two Sundays at the parish where I've been going through RCIA . . . many of these wonderful people have known me since I was a baby--I can only imagine how many prayers are flying up to heaven on account of my absence.

The truth of the matter is that the Sunday before last I was at a high school retreat, and attended Mass there (even was able to go through the first scrutiny there). Yesterday I was at a convention for work down in New Orleans and attended Mass at the church closest to the hotel (St. Patrick's Church)--which also ended up being a Tridentine Mass.

My first Tridentine Mass on Laetare Sunday--something very appropriate about that. For those wondering, it was a parish thoroughly in support of the present Pope--the entire homily centered around the fact that Pope John Paul II will be releasing an encyclical on the Eucharist this Holy Thursday & how desperately we need it. I can't wait!

God has given me such a wonderful, unanticipated tour of His Church during this journey . . .

posted by Heidi | 31.3.03