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A Deacon’s Diary: The Nostalgia of Midwinter Darkness

A Deacon’s Diary: The Nostalgia of Midwinter Darkness

by Steve Molvarec, SJ | Jan 13, 2022 | A Deacon's Diary, Christmas, Series    ~ Approx. 6 mins

This is the sixth installment of A Deacon’s Diary. In the fifth installment, strange dreams kept waking Steve up. I. She said to me: You’re the one who’ll come and put the coins on the eyes of the dead. It was almost the darkest day of the year.  I was in the middle...

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