· 23 January 2008 | 316 words
I heard this song by Blues Traveler on a retreat I was directing for students. The second stanza caught my attention for a friendship that is drifting apart. But the more I listen to the whole song, it sounds more...
· 28 September 2007 | 616 words
Some quotations from Crisis of Faith, Crisis of Love by Thomas Keating that have been lanterns of hope along the path through the valley... The absence of the felt presence of The Lord is his normal means of increasing our...
· 26 September 2007 | 535 words
Found myself with a rare free moment during the day. After a quick check on the internet for something, I found this little signpost for encouragement. It is a strange signpost, but one none the less. And the trick to...
· 5 September 2007 | 156 words
I feel like a fraud, a fake. I want to pray, but I don't want to. My words are so shallow, empty, nothing. I am shallow, empty, nothing. My thoughts are divergent, flittering between this and that, ...
· 3 September 2007 | 651 words
I ventured out of my blog hermitage yesterday afternoon to find much discussion on the spiritual suffering of the Blessed Teresa of Calcutta (Mother Teresa). It reminded me of something I had written awhile ago. The words are mine but...
· 2 June 2007 | 202 words
My deepest desire and most longing want is to see the face of Jesus Christ. Based on one of the Beatitudes, my daily prayer is for God to purify my heart so that I may see Him, see Him in...
· 24 May 2007 | 245 words
As one has to learn to read or to practice a trade, so one must learn to feel in all things, first and almost solely, the obedience of the universe to God. It is really an apprenticeship. Like every...
· 24 May 2007 | 171 words
Affliction is a marvel of divine technique. It is a simple and ingenious device which introduces into the soul of a finite creature the immensity of force, blind, brutal, and cold. The infinite distance separating God from the creature...
· 2 April 2007 | 77 words
To paraphrase Peter John Cameron, O.P. in "Lent and Reality": Salvation is an escape from our own inability. In our darkness, the incomparable capacity of our being will settle for nothing less than the embrace of the Infinite. Like nothing...
· 12 February 2007 | 63 words
Something today reminded me of an analogy I had once read by Simone Weil. Joy and sorrow are like two sentences painted on a wall in different colors. Most people do not know how to read the language it is...
· 14 December 2006 | 257 words
I have been struggling with purpose lately, my purpose. What specifically is my purpose in life? What is my part in the big picture of God's plan? I know and trust that God has a purpose for all things, including...
Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us