Diamonds are small sparkling stones with many facets. Hopefully this section consisting of Christmas Letters, Travel, and Homilies might meet this definition.
The first section, Christmas Letters, has the following entries:
AN OVERVIEW … PHOTO-GREETING CARDS … CORVALLIS 1963 …. 1964 … ROCKVILLE 1968 … SPRING 1980 … 1981 … 1982 … 1983 … 1984 … … 1986 … 1987 … 1988 … 1989 … 1990 … 1991 … 1992 … 1993 … 1994 … CYPRESS 1995 … 1996 … 1997 … 1998 … 2000 … 2001 … 2002 … 2003 … 2004 … EAGLE’S TRACE 2005 … 2006 … 2007 … 2008 … 2009 … 2010 (HOLY NIGHT) … 2011 (CHRISTMAS REVERIE) … 2012 (EPIPHANY) … 2013 (OH CHRISTMAS TREE) … 2014 (CELEBRATION/THANKSGIVING) … 2015 (BUILD A MANGER) … 2016 (HIS FATHER’S EYES) … 2017 (SILENT NIGHT) … 2018 (STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN) … 2019 (ADVENT) … 2020 (A DIFFERENT KIND OF CHRISTMAS) … 2021 (CHRISTMAS COMES FOR HEARTS AND MINDS) … 2022 … 2023
The section for Travel has the following entries:
UNITED KINGDOM: LONDON … U.K.: THE WILD AND CULTURED WEST: … U.K.: THE NORTH COUNTRY: … U.K.: THE SOUTHERN COAST …
The section for Homilies has the following entries:
Cycle A: Advent: 1st Sun … THREE “M’S” AND AN “H” and GOOD TIMES === 2nd Sun … ADVENT WAITING === 3rd Sun … DESERT PATIENCE === 4th Passion PeopleSun … JOSEPH’S DREAMS === Holy Family … HONOR and HOLY RELATIONS === Epiphany … MYSTERIES === Baptism of the Lord … WORTHY **** Ordinary: 2nd Sun … JOHN THE BAPTIST and LAMB OF GOD and SERVANT === 3rd Sun … FISH === 4th Sun … BLESSED SUPER SUNDAY === 5th Sun … SALT === 7th Sun … BODY OF CHRIST -30 YEARS === 8th Sun … WORRY === 9th Sun … FIXIN’ TO START **** Lent: 1st Sun … BIG QUESTIONS === 3rd Sun … THIRST and WATER WORDS and ENCOUNTER === 4th Sun … BELIEVING IS SEEING and BLIND FAITH and BLIND TRUTH === 5th Sun … BELIEF and CPR and SEQUEL === Passion Sun … PASSION PEOPLE **** Easter: 2nd Sun … THOMAS & THE BUTTERFLY and HANDS === 3rd Sun … EMMAUS === 4th Sun … GOOD SHEPHERD === 5th Sun … SERVICE === 6th Sun … PARACLET and MOTHER and HAIL, HOLY QUEEN and ORPHANED === 7th Sun … GLORY === Pentecost … STRANGER === Trinity … TRINITY and TRINITARIAN SIGNS and THREE-IN-ONE === Corpus Christi … BODY OF CHRIST **** Ordinary: 10th Sun … MERITED and JUSTIFICATION === 11th Sun … EVANGELIZATION === 13th Sun … INFOMERCIAL === 14th Sun … YOKES === 15th Sun … SEED and PARABLE === 16th Sun … CIRCUS POPCORN === 18th Sun … DEMANDS and REQUIREMENTS === 19th Sun … PRAYER TIME and FRIENDLY TIGER === Assumption … MARIAN YEAR === 21st Sun … KEY NAMES and NAME CALLING === 22nd Sun … PSYCHE and WHAT IF === 23rd Sun … LABOR OF LOVE and KEEPER and ADULT CATHOLIC EDUCATION === 24th Sun … WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? and EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS ===26th Sun … CHEERS and IN A MINUTE === 29th Sun … WHAT’S IN YOUR WALLET and REJECTION === 30th Sun … LOVE AND CHANGE and GENERATIONS OF FAITH and CHARITABLE AGAIN and CIVILITY === 31st Sun … CELEBRITY === 32nd Sun … BE PREPARED === 33rd Sun … PRINCE JOSHUA and FEAR OF THE LORD === Christ the King Sun … SHEPHERD KING and SHEPHERD’S WORK
Cycle B: Advent: 1st Sun … WAITING === 2nd Sun … UNEXPECTED === 3rd Sun … WHO YOU === 4th Sun ... GIFT REJOICE === Holy Family … LONELY FAMILY and LISTENING FAMILY === Mary, Mother of God … RESOLUTIONS === Epiphany … FIVE KINGS **** Ordinary: 2nd Sun … GOSPEL OF LIFE and DISCIPLES IN MISSION and HIDE-AND-SEEK === 3rd Sun … CALLING === 5th Sun … HOSPITALITY and WORK ETHIC === 6th Sun … TOUCH === 7th Sun … LET’S PRETEND AGAIN **** Lent: 1st Sun … HOPE and TESTING and LENT BEGINGS === 3rd Sun … RELATIONSHIPS and COVENANT === 4th Sun … NICODEMUS === 5th Sun … CAN WE SEE === Passion Sunday … WAY OF THE CROSS **** Easter: 2nd Sun … SPRING LIFE and EASTER CONTINUES and DIVINE MERCY === 3rd Sun … KNOW === 4th Sun … CGS 25 === 6th Sun … COMMENCEMENT === 7th Sun … MATTHIAS and NOVENA === Pentecost … JOYOUS PENTECOST and ALLELUIA PEOPLE === Trinity … BAPTISMS AT MASS and PRIEST, PROPHET, KING and BONDING and SIGN OF THE CROSS **** Ordinary: 11th Sun … MUSTARD === 12th Sun … WHY ME? and LOVE-POWER and FAITH AND FATHER === 14th Sun … REUNION === 15th … Sun BARE FEET === 16th Sun … EMOTIONAL SHEEP === 17th Sun … LOAVES and SMALL GIFTS ===18th Sun COMFORT FOOD === Transfiguration … LONG LASTING === 19th Sun … VIRTUAL === 20th Sun … MEALS and REAL PRESENCE === 21st Sun … CELL PHONES and SERVE THE LORD and COMMITMENT === 22nd Sun …TRADITION === 23rd Sun … DEAFMAN === 24th Sun … QUIZ === 25th Sun … MYSTERY OF FAITH === 26th Sun … BURNING LEAVES === 27th Sun … ONENESS and ONE-FAITH === 28th Sun … POSSESSIONS === 30th Sun … CROWDS and TRUST AND FAITH and WHOM DO YOU SEE? and FUTURE TENSE === 31st Sun … GREATEST COMMANDMENT and ABSENCE OF LOVE === 32nd Sun … CHARLIE AND SARAH and GIVE-A-WAYS === Christ the King Sun … WHAT KIND OF A KING and FIRST QUESTIONS.
Cycle C: Advent: 1st Sun … TIME === 2nd Sun … DUMP PILE and … MARY AND JOHN === 3rd Sun …. REJOICE === 4th Sun … ELIZABETH === Christmas Day … CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS === Holy Family … HOLY FAMILY === Epiphany… EAST **** Ordinary: 2nd Sun … GIFTS and … CANA and … SIGNS === 3rd Sun … TEAM GIVERS === 5th Sun … HAND-ME-DOWNS === 7th Sun … FORGIVE === 8th Sun … MASK **** Lent: 1st Sun … SHORT-CUTS and … TESTING BELIEF === 2nd Sun … THEOPHANY and … LANGUAGE === 3rd Sun … BORING BUSH === 4th Sun … RERUNS **** Easter: 2nd Sun … BELIEVING THOMAS and … WALKING UP STAIRS BACKWARDS === 3rd Sun … FAT LADY === 5th Sun (Mothers’ Day) … THREE VIRTUES === 6th Sun … PEACE and GRADUATION and (Mothers’ Day) … MOTHER CHURCH === 7th Sun … TRANSITIONS === Ascension … ASCENSION VIEWPOINTS === Pentecost … GOOSE BUMPS SUNDAY === Corpus Christi … CORPUS CHRISTI **** Ordinary: 10th Sun … JIG-SAW PUZZELS === 11th Sun … LOVE AND FORGIVENESS and … MONTH OF JUNE ===12th Sun ... WAITING FOR MESSIAH and … CROSS===13th Sun … CHAINS and … FREEDOM (July 4) and … JOURNEY===14th Sun … NOSTALGIA and … IMMIGRATION FORTH (July 4)=== 15th Sun GOOD NEIGHBOR === 16th Sun CHOICE === Transfiguration … TRANSFIGURATION === 17th Sun … PARENTS === 18th Sun … IDOLS AND ICONS === 19th Sun … TALENTS (Talent Fair) and … TREASURE AND FAITH === 20th Sun … LOVING CONFRONTATION and … WISHY WASHY CHARLIE BROWN === 21st Sun … RICE AND WALNUTS and … LINES === 22nd Sun … EXPECTATIONS and … POWER TABLE (Labor Day) and … CINDERELLA SYNDROME === 23rd Sun … GONE WITH THE WIND and … TRIUMPH OF THE CROSS and … LIGHT AND DARKNESS === 24th Sun … WHERE and … WHERE NOW and … LOST AND FOUND === 25th Sun … USED CAR SALESMAN and … SANTA FE (Catechetical Sunday) === 27th Sun EUCHARIST === 29th … Sun PERSISTENCE (Mission Sunday) === 30th Sun SINNER and … JESUS PRAYER and … RIGHTEOUS=== 31st Sun … SEEKING === All Souls Day … ALL SOULS === 32nd Sun … BROTHERS === 33rd Sun … DESTRUCTION === Christ the King Sun … KINGDOM COMMUNION and … HOLIDAY CONFUSION === Immaculate Conception … TWO EVES