on the Sermon on the Mount As we have been working our way thru the Sermon on The Mount in the book of Matthew, Father Al has been giving us small instructions on how to put what we are learning into action. We’ve had questions to ask ourselves like “Who was my audience today?” And…

by Noah Bartley The Spring sun hung overhead,noon at my neck,salty puddles on my back.I found myself on hands and knees,shouldering the necessary burdenof pulling weeds. I noticedthat each attempt to ripleft me with handfulsof rootless green.Taking Mother Nature’s gentle rebuke,I slowed,grabbed low,and cordially drewstringy, dirt-clinging tendrilsinto open air, allowingsurrounding plants to breathea little better.…