Angels Tremble…
· 25 May 2008 | 10 words
"Angels tremble to gaze at things we yawn at." (Peter Kreeft)...
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How You See is What You See
· 13 November 2007 | 180 words
From Br. Joseph -- There is a philosopher's axiom that says, "Whatever is received is received according to the mode of the receiver." In other words, how you see is what you see. This is best illustrated by a little...
The Body of Christ
· 2 September 2007 | 780 words
The term Body of Christ means three things: 1) the actual physical body of Jesus; 2) the Church (with a capital "C") because we as individual persons are church, parts of the Body, branches on the Vine; and 3) the Eucharist, the Blessed...
Wishing For
· 22 August 2007 | 273 words
I was talking with an older friend whose wife is the middle of battling the second stage of a debilitating disease. They chose to adopt two children years ago instead of passing this 50-50 chance, hereditary disease on to the...
Seeing Christ
· 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...
The Breath of Faith
· 27 May 2007 | 303 words
Breath is as essential attribute of one's person, whose existence we may only infer through other media: the sight of our chest rising and falling, the sound of air rushing into our sinuses, the disturbance of the atmosphere near...
Learning to Read
· 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...
Two Colors
· 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...
To See
· 8 February 2007 | 64 words
To see joy in another is to see Christ in them. To see sorrow in another is also to see Christ in them. I don't want to see Jesus as sorrow, but He is there. I cannot deny Him. It...
Through Your Eyes
· 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