30th Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading Jer 31:7-9 [7] For thus saith the Lord: Rejoice ye in the joy of Jacob, and neigh before…
I haven’t been fully forthcoming with you, dear Readers. This blog is a stretching exercise for me. I’m not very practiced with verbalizing and sharing…
As a Catholic, I am permitted to believe in macro-evolution, of course with God being the source of the process, but I don’t think I…
CHAPTER VIII. Some Useful Hints as to Meditation. ABOVE all things, my daughter, strive when your meditation is ended to retain the thoughts and resolutions…
It’s coming! Mixing old with new, a progress report on the Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization was delivered in Latin, the ancient language…
What is it with God and the last hour? Is it our desperation that provokes a level of faith most could not otherwise tap into?…
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading Isa 53:10-11 [10] And the Lord was pleased to bruise him in infirmity: if he shall lay down…
CHAPTER VII. The Conclusion and Spiritual Bouquet. THE meditation should be concluded by three acts, made with the utmost humility. First, an act of thanksgiving;–thanking…
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading Wisdom 7:7-11 [7] Wherefore I wished, and understanding was given me: and I called upon God, and the…
Generally speaking, our prayers usually miss the mark particularly regarding ourselves. For sure God is active in our lives, but not in the way we…