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Monthly Archives: June 2013
ABANDONMENT
As we look about, it can feel as if God has abandoned us. He appears to be absent from the affairs of the world. Has He departed? Must we despair? By no means! This is not a time to feel … Continue reading
Today’s Evening Psalm
As I reflected on the Psalm for today’s evening prayer, my heart cried for all who are confronting the evils of abortion and same-sex marriage in their countries. My thoughts wondered back to the Northern Kingdom of Israel, how the … Continue reading
Attacking Our Humanity and Our Relationship with God
After creating man and woman, “God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air … Continue reading
Posted in Essays
Tagged Abortion, Be Fruitful and Multiply, Catholic, Catholicism, Charity, Christianity, Faith, Fill the Earth and Subdue It, Genesis 1:22, Hope, marriage, persevere in prayer, Truth
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Our Golden Calf
Have our needs become our gods? All too often we seek happiness and security in fulfilling them. Our needs may be financial (money, wealth), bodily (sexual, food, sensual) or emotional (power, fame). Whatever, they are. We become obsessed with them. … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Meditations On Biblical Verses
Tagged Catholic, Catholicism, Christian., Golden Calf, Matthew 11:30, Matthew 6:25, Matthew 6:32-34
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Living the Christian Faith
Living the Christian faith is more than a personal relationship with God. It is more than attending church on Sunday and more than a compassionate concern for others. The Christian faith is a way of living. Christians are called to … Continue reading
Posted in Essays
Tagged Catholic, Catholicism, Christian Faith, Christian Life, Christianity, Kingdom of God, Leaven, Light of the World, Salt of the Earth
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Why I Prefer a Crucifix to a Cross
A cross is a reminder of Jesus’ death and a symbol of the Christian faith. It is the object to which Jesus’s body was nailed. It is also the object to which numerous criminals and insurrectionists were put to death … Continue reading
The Sabbath and The Lord’s Day
The Table below summarizes some of similarities and differences between the Sabbath of the Old Covenant and the Lord’s Day of the New Covenant. The Sabbath The Lord’s Day Saturday Sunday Seventh Day of Week First or Eighth Day of … Continue reading
Posted in This & That
Tagged Age to Come, Catholicism, Christ’s Passover, Christ’s Resurrection, Christian., Deuteronomy 5:12, Deuteronomy 5:15, Eighth Day of Week, Eucharist, Exodus 20:11, Exodus 31:15, First Day of Week, John 7:23, Lord’s Day, Mark 2:27-28, Matthew 28:1, New Covenant, Old Covenant, paschal mystery, Passover, Present Age, Psalm 118:24, Sabbath, Seventh Day of Week
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You will be Persecuted and Reviled
What are we as Christian to take of Jesus’ opening and closing statements of his public ministry, where he speaks of the rejection and hatred that we, his followers, will experience? In the opening sermon of his ministry, Jesus speaks … Continue reading
My Son, My Son
A Meditation on the Parable of The Prodigal Son My Son. My Son. The pain! Conceived in my heart. Sprung from my loins. Your debauchery of your birthright does not pain. Declaring that I am dead to you pains. In … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Catholic, Catholicism, Christian., Fatherly Love, Fatherly Mercy, Luke 15:11-32, The Prodigal Son
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To Love and Truth 