Ellen Kolb

Amoris Laetitia and building bridges: “stay as close as you can”

I’ve had time to skim The Joy of Love (Amoris Laetitia) by Pope Francis. It bears closer reading, and I’ll get there eventually. For now, it evokes words that had a profound effect on my life – words uttered a decade before Pope Francis even became a priest, and a year before I was born. TheContinue reading “Amoris Laetitia and building bridges: “stay as close as you can””

Advent: hold the Christmas carols, please

It’s Advent, the beginning of the liturgical year, penitential and contemplative in tone as befits preparation for a great feast. It’s a blessed relief from any number of things. I enter it this year sick at heart due to some recent events, ready for a time of prayer and quiet and humility and renewal. KeepContinue reading “Advent: hold the Christmas carols, please”

A note about Mitt Romney

This morning, Mitt Romney announced that he wouldn’t run for President in 2016. I wish him well. I was a Rick Santorum backer in the early 2012 presidential primary process, before he bowed out of the campaign. When later in the year the New Hampshire GOP – and by extension, the Romney campaign – invitedContinue reading “A note about Mitt Romney”