Never mind the circumstances; they are odd. I have recently begun teaching full-time at a high school (whereas previously I was only a part-time instructor). Spending all day in this environment has completely overturned the way in which I look at the relationship between God and Man. I spend a long time each evening drafting [...]
Let’s face it, forgiveness isn’t easy. That person who said your job was worthless and they don’t even know why you are still on staff? Not so easy to forgive. That person who told you they didn’t want to be with you anymore? Not so easy to forgive. That family member that yelled at you [...]
The new pope seems like a humble man. His motto is “Lowly but Chosen”. Jorge Mario Bergoglio was the Archbishop of Bueno Aires. He is a man who rejected his luxurious residence next to the Bueno Aires Cathedral in favour of an apartment, where he nursed a fellow bishop who was old and sickly. He cooked for them [...]
To pursue, or to be pursued? That is the question. ‘Tis nobler in the mind to date until your breath is taken, or heart is broken… Dating – in the man-meets-woman, man-asks-woman-out way**- may sound outdated to those more liberated in their feelings. Instead, people get to know each other by hanging out and never [...]
“After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry.”–Pope Benedict XVI, February 11, 2013 After the shock wore off about hearing the resignation of the Pope, I had to look [...]
Often, I wonder what an authentically Catholic, person-centered approach to evangelization looks like. So many goods, particularly sex, love, the body, and the family, have been twisted and misinterpreted by the culture. The truth is ours to reclaim. I still can feel the floor under my little carpet square. Seven years ago, I went [...]
These are notes from my prayer journal that I wrote on 8/22/12. I was struggling with the feeling that I haven’t achieved enough in life. I think we all go through that phase–it’s an on-and-off thing. I felt like they needed to be shared. It isn’t worth losing yourself and wringing out your soul for the sake of worldly praise. Sometimes, though, it’s very tempting to think so.
The hubris of the Catholic Church is often a huge turn-off to many people. How can she, the Church, this whore (my mother), claim to know the will of God? After all, everyone knows her reputation. Everyone knows her mistakes. Everyone believes they know all about her and her kind- those “Catholics” who “claim” to [...]
That’s a catchy, clever little phrase. “The speed of life.” David Bowie used it for a song. I think there was a movie. I don’t have a particularly strong grasp of reality at the moment, though. Writing coherently has slipped way, way down on my list of priorities–right after things like ‘wax the cat’ and [...]
Most of the time I assume myself to be a person falling into the same category Churchill found himself in when dealing with people he didn’t like: “He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.” People rub me the wrong way, and they will continue to do so [...]
“I confess to Almighty God and to you my brothers and sisters…” is what we pray at Mass and is basically what we celebrate on Ash Wednesday as those black bars are drawn on our skull. “Remember that thou art dust, and to dust thou shalt return” echo in the ears because they sound so foreign in our [...]
In our so-called enlightened society of the 21st century, many people keep making the unfortunate mistake of confusing humility for low self esteem, meekness for weakness. As we await to celebrate Christmas, let us not forget this most important virtue that made God Himself to become mortal for our own good. A Creator becoming a [...]
Desire to be despised, rebuked, calumniated, forgotten, ridiculed, wronged, and suspected. Fear being esteemed, loved, extolled, honored, praised, preferred to others, consulted, and approved. There are no typos. You should desire some and fear others – this is quite opposite of what the world tells you, and frankly what many Catholic blogs tell you. In fact [...]
On a visit to the National Gallery of Art in DC the other day, I ended up in the same exhibit room as two middle-aged women. Looking at a painting of a man clothed in red and blue and holding an open book, one woman read the title out loud and dropped a tragic remark: [...]
Q. How do you pronounce “ignitum”? A. Well, you have some options. The Romans would have said ig-NEE-toom. In church, we’d say “in-YEE-toom.”
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