Roots and Wings

The Catholic Journey with Deacon Pat Kearns · Aug 26, 2026 · 6m

Some songs are written from imagination. This one came from a letter I have treasured for years. My daughter wrote this letter to me for Father’s Day while she was serving as a missionary in Guatemala. She couldn’t be home to celebrate with me, so she put into words what was in her heart. She wrote about faith, family, her missionary calling, and the example she felt Liz and I had given her. One line especially stayed with me—the gratitude she felt for having been given “the permission and the invitation to live in the love of God and serve Him with my whole life.” I recently took the heart…