The Important Thing – Oct. 7, 2022
“Is anything really any more important than anything else or is it all a matter of really being where you are, for whatever might be called for or given? Maybe the only important thing is the choice to get on the road, to enter the stream of life, to be there for whatever comes on […]
Responding to LOVE – Oct. 6, 2022
“The greatness of the saints lies not in their doing; their greatness lies in their response to LOVE which ever beckons them and empowers them to love. In the end, their greatness lies in their willingness to relinquish all for the sake of LOVE, to be united with LOVE. In this oneness they come to […]
Just Joy
The stories come, as Jesus’ stories often do, because people are grumbling at him.* He is hanging out with “sinners” again, and the religious folk don’t like it. So Jesus tells two parallel parables, the lost sheep and the lost coin, both of which he likens to repentant sinners. I’m not the first to notice […]
Body as Springboard to God – Aug. 23, 2022
“We have a body. The question is, how will it open us to God in prayer? It is a springboard. All the practices of the spiritual life – praying with the scriptures, meditating, saying the rosary, journaling, focusing, spiritual reading – are only worth the time if they bring us to communicate heart-to-heart with God, […]
