Merry Christmas!

It's Christmas in Rome! God bless you. Count on my prayers, and say one for me. Please share your Christmas greetings, thoughts, and intentions below.

Christmas LIVE - Joe Rolph you won't be forgotten.

Christmas ideas for the blog flooded my mind this morning. It's only hours away. I could write about traditions, carols, my favorite experiences. How best to capture the emotions of the season?!

I logged on to Facebook. The news-feed was going a mile a minute. But then something caught my eye, stopped me in my keystroke. It wasn't someone I knew personally, though there are many connections.

Joe Rolph was a friend on Facebook, went to the same high school, knew some of my family, and was friends with various fellow seminarians.

I wasn't at all prepared for it. Maybe what kind of summed it all up was what one person posted on his wall, "Is this for real?"