Sister Gabriela of the Incarnation

My articles appear on a couple of websites and from time to time I receive comments from various readers. Some people like what I write and tell me of their appreciation. Other readers disagree with me, sometimes even vehemently, and write to me to say so. A few people apparently read only every other word of the articles because their comments seem to completely miss the point.

During Lent, I listened to Fulton Sheen’s Good Friday sermons, “The Cries of Jesus From the Cross.” He frequently uses metaphors and analogies to get his point across. He used one example to help us realize that everything we do has an effect. He described a stone thrown into the sea “that creates a ripple that spreads out across the sea and touches far off shores.”

This will not be an original reflection. Greater minds than mine have pondered the mystery of time, and whatever conclusions they came to, I doubt if I would even understand them, much less be able to develop them to the enrichment of my readers. I am no philosopher or physicist elucidating the mysteries of our world. I am just an ordinary human being trying to get through the day!

I have a weakness for puns. I am a writer, and writers play with words and puns are one form of wordplay. Alliteration is another: I have an addictive attraction to alliteration! With puns, it’s even worse. I trained myself to make puns, until the habit took over and became obsessive-compulsive. Then I had to de-program myself. Once I had the habit under control, I could let myself make puns to a reasonable degree.