The Safety Deposit Box
He had been putting it off for three weeks, which was long enough that he had stopped pretending it was anything other than avoidance.
Faith, family, work, and life - all intertwined.
Permanent deacon of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois. Husband, father of four sons, builder of Catholic technology, and writer of essays, fiction, and homilies.
He had been putting it off for three weeks, which was long enough that he had stopped pretending it was anything other than avoidance.
"What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from." - T.S. Eliot, Little Gidding
Pere Camprubí received the package on a Tuesday in June of 1891 and set it aside until Thursday.
He had been sitting on it for two weeks, which was long enough that bringing it up felt like a confession.
Thomas asks a perfectly reasonable question. Jesus has just said, "Where I am going, you know the way." And Thomas responds: "Master, we do not know where you
Two weeks. That's what's left of my Adobe career. Ten days of handoffs, goodbyes, and the strange ritual of turning in equipment that's been part of my daily life for years
The Vatican Apostolic Archive closes at five o'clock in the afternoon.