Posted by Carol Johnson on 6/03/23
Speaking in the languages of those who would listen to the disciples was the most remarkable fact from the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost.
As I reflected on this amazing event from the Acts of the Apostles this week, I recalled a story from ... Read More »
Posted by Carol Johnson on 5/16/23
I have shared with some of you the news of a tragedy that happened to my extended family in Colombia this past week. A cousin of mine, Teresa, lost her husband, Luis, age 58, and their 18th-year-old youngest son, Jorge, in an attempted robbery. My cousin’s family buys and ... Read More »
Posted by Carol Johnson on 5/07/23
In today’s gospel Saint John tells us that, at the Last Supper, the Lord shares with his disciples that He is going to his Heavenly Father’s house, and that one day He will take them there. What should have taken the disciples by surprise is the Lord’s revelation that ... Read More »
Posted by Carol Johnson on 5/01/23
The Colombian seminary I attended was a long five-story structure like a hotel building. The main door was big enough to allow cars to go in and was closed at night. Seminarians could not go out most of the time, except with permission. On Friday afternoons and Sundays, we ... Read More »
Posted by Carol Johnson on 4/23/23
The Holy Land, which I visited six years ago, is called holy because it is where the Lord was born and lived. The name Holy Land makes us think, by contrast, that there is another kind of land, an ordinary land if you will. That ordinary land is all ... Read More »
Posted by Carol Johnson on 4/17/23
When the father of the rector of our Seminary died, all the priests and seminarians went to the funeral. The funeral was held in Bogota, about one hundred miles away. After the Mass, we all went to the cemetery as well. Bogota is a city of several million people, ... Read More »
Posted by Carol Johnson on 4/11/23
Happy Easter! In his version of the story of the women arriving to the tomb early in the morning of the Lord’s Resurrection, Saint Matthew tells us about an angel of God descending from heaven. A great earthquake is produced by the landing of the angel. The angel then ... Read More »
Posted by Carol Johnson on 4/11/23
Several years ago, a lady volunteered to help me with my English pronunciation. You are very much aware that I need that. One day I could not produce the sound of a word and she tried different ways for me to get it. After several attempts, she puts her ... Read More »
Posted by Carol Johnson on 4/07/23
I would like to share my experience as an apostle for Holy Thursday Mass with you when I was 9-10 years old. The practice in my hometown was that boys my age were the apostles for the washing of feet. My two brothers and I were apostles more than ... Read More »
Posted by Carol Johnson on 3/26/23
In the XVI century when people from Spain were in Colombia, a representative from the king of Spain who worked in the town next to my native town, asked an artist to paint a portrait of Our Lady of the Rosary. He wanted to have it in his small ... Read More »