by Helen Ackermann | Dec 2, 2021 | Reflections
How comfortable are you with the words, “stand erect and raise your heads because your redemption is at hand.” Many of us have grown up with the idea that Advent is a time of repentance, a penitential time. In giving deeper thought to the words I heard for the...
by Helen Ackermann | Sep 16, 2021 | Reflections
This is the time of year when cars are loaded with all conceivable items to make the room of a college student comfortable. Certainly the items that are deemed necessary are much beyond the simple things that students went to college with, years ago. They probably...
by Helen Ackermann | Jun 24, 2021 | Reflections
As one ages, one may attend more funeral liturgies. In the Catholic Tradition, the funeral liturgy is a wonderful way to give God praise in the midst of family, friends and acquaintances. There is also the opportunity, if the family desires, to show how the one who...
by Helen Ackermann | Apr 1, 2021 | Reflections
We have reached Good Friday when we look upon the cross and venerate it as best we can during this time of the pandemic. A few years ago I wrote a litany that I share with you now. Perhaps you can use it as you pray on this day. I have added some phrases that speak...
by Helen Ackermann | Jan 1, 2021 | Reflections
It seems it is customary in our culture, to remove the Christmas tree, Christmas decorations both indoors and out as quickly as possible after December 25. Perhaps this year it will be different. Most Christian Traditions celebrate Christmas beyond December 25. ...
