· 15 June 2008 | 264 words
I ventured out recently into the blogsphere and discovered this meme via Sarx (with some links in the chain A and the original). if the nature of god is omnipotent, benevolent, and anthropomorphic (that god is a person, who sees...
· 8 June 2008 | 230 words
Abba Anthony said: Whoever sits in solitude and is quiet has escaped from three wars: those of hearing, speaking, and seeing. Then there is only one war left in which to fight, and that is the battle for your...
· 29 January 2008 | 607 words
From Br. Joseph -- All is gift. Even your next breath is gift if you think about. Everything involves a choice, especially how we spend our time. Is it our time or God's time? Here is a reflection/prayer on time...
· 22 January 2008 | 426 words
From Br. Joseph -- At some point in every faith journey, one finds him or her self taking an inventory of their core, central beliefs. Some of these beliefs are held very tightly, some loosely. The more central a belief,...
· 27 November 2007 | 400 words
From Br. Joseph -- At the still point of the turning world... ...at the still point, there the dance is. (T.S. Eliot) From the book God Calling, today's entry (Nov. 27) reads: Not our wills but Thine, O Lord. Man has...
· 11 November 2007 | 1563 words
In The Shattered Lantern, Ronald Rolheiser quotes Dag Hammarskjöld: I don't know Who--or what--put the question, I don't know when it was put. I don't even remember answering. But at some moment I did answer Yes to Someone--or Something--and from...
· 29 August 2007 | 451 words
Br. Joseph is a teacher at a Sisters of Mercy school, and his reflections are written with teachers in mind. As with good spirituality, it applies to everyone in some way. His permission has been given to post the reflections...
· 18 July 2007 | 81 words
Freedom is about choice, and there are two kinds of freedom. There is a freedom to choose to do whatever you want, and another kind of freedom to choose to live for others. One freedom leads in, the other out....
· 16 July 2007 | 531 words
Love can wait to give; lust can't wait to get. Christopher West was on Life on the Rock last night to answer questions related to Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body. Someone asked if he had any...
· 10 April 2007 | 19 words
An haiku of hope: Made is the promise: all lost things are someday found, if they want to be....
· 2 April 2007 | 235 words
Is God in Hell? The modern explanation likes to say that Hell is the absence of God. But can such a place exist? The very existence of reality is grounded in God. Being or existence itself is in and of...
· 28 December 2006 | 129 words
Of all the pitfalls in our paths and the tremendous delays and wanderings off the track I want to say that they are not what they seem to be. I want to say that all that seems like fantastic...
· 27 November 2006 | 354 words
From today's entry in God Calling: Not our wills but Thine, O Lord. Man has so misunderstood Me in this. I want no will laid grudgingly upon My Altar. I want you to desire and love My Will, because therein...
· 21 November 2006 | 20 words
What the self decides in time is ratified in eternity. -- Peter Kreeft, Three Philosophies of Life I choose You......
Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us