· 30 October 2007 | 258 words
From Br. Joseph -- Hope keeps faith alive, and faith rekindles hope when all seems lost. At one point in Hannah Hurnard's allegorical book of the spiritual journey, "Hind's Feet on High Places", the protagonist is having a particularly tough...
· 11 September 2007 | 486 words
From Br. Joseph -- We are called to help each other to heaven. The last paragraph to C.S. Lewis' sermon, "The Weight of Glory", is extraordinary writing. Lewis, contrary to the times, is not afraid to talk about heaven. He...
· 10 July 2007 | 366 words
My God, why does it have to be so hard to love You? My God, why do I always try so hard to be where You are? See You're the God of every person You're the one who reigns in...
· 10 July 2007 | 74 words
In my heart and my soul Lord I give You control Consume me from the inside out Lord let justice and praise Become my embrace To love You from the inside out Everlasting, Your light will shine when all...
· 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 | 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...
· 24 May 2007 | 433 words
The felt the big emptiness this morning. It actually started yesterday afternoon, but I did not notice or label it as such until this morning. It is not depression. I know depression. It's close, but not the same. There is...
· 14 May 2007 | 435 words
I'm bad about shopping for books. I cannot stop in a bookstore without rummaging through the religion/faith section. If a book looks good, I'll purchase it in hopes of reading it some day. Sometimes, I'll start the new book the...
· 5 May 2007 | 346 words
The Lord God then called to the man and asked him, "Where are you?" (Genesis 3:9) This is, in my opinion, the saddest line in the whole of Scripture. It hints of God's heart ache for us. It is a...
· 10 April 2007 | 19 words
An haiku of hope: Made is the promise: all lost things are someday found, if they want to be....
· 25 March 2007 | 395 words
We all are virgins of the heart. We seek, often desperately, intimacy with another person. But even in the midst of close intimacy, be it physical, emotional, spiritual, or intellectual, it is not perfect. Something is always missing. It remains...
· 25 December 2006 | 35 words
Just heard a beautiful but somewhat sad Christmas song by Gloria Estefan . The refrain is the best line of the song. I want this for next Christmas. I wanna see Christmas through Your eyes....
Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us