Lorraine V. Murray News & Columns
Lorraine Murray is a parishioner at St. Thomas More Church in Decatur.
Lorraine V. Murray
“Journey from chocolates to the cross”
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Selecting a Lenten sacrifice when you’re a child isn’t difficult. Traditionally, children give up something near and dear to their hearts—sweets—which is why Easter baskets overflow with chocolates.
Previous Columns by Lorraine V. Murray
A foretaste of heaven in an ordinary neighborhood
Meeting the lambs of God in our everyday life
Counting the ways that I love St. Paul
Unlocking the door to our hearts
The Christmas the dog ate the ornaments
The mouse in the manger
The joys of spiritual motherhood
The little girl left behind
Confessions of an ex-party animal
Joy and suffering at the kids’ table
A Renaissance man in heaven
Seeking the light of Christ in the nursing home
My grandmother’s enduring love for family
Help, I’m lost in a techno nightmare!
Giving Adam and Eve my two cents
Love always demands self-sacrifice
‘Ask the animals and they will teach you’
The eternal voyage of ‘The Sea Moose’
The mystery of love through a child’s eyes