Once again God has watched over me and protected me from harm. I am really starting to think He likes me. I know, I know, He loves all of us, but here's my story. The last two weeks I have been rather lax in my spirituality. I have missed Mass which means I need to …
Category: Faith
When the Flicker Becomes a Flame
It is Sunday night and I am sitting in the room I call me den, listening to the wind howl outside and trying to kep the fire in the wood stove going. I am not sure if it is some bad wood, maybe too green or if there is a back draft coming down the …
In the Quiet
Stop what you are doing and listen. What do you hear? I hear the television, earlier it was internet radio. Do you hear something as well? Are you listening to music? Reading this and talking on the phone? Think about your whole day, are you one of those, like me, who always has to have …
The Light Has Come Into the World
On Christmas Day we welcome Jesus into the world. Seven days later we welcome in a New Year. For me, I try to take some time to look back over the past year on New Year's Day, I look at the lowlights and I look at the highlights. I can honestly say this year wasn't …
We Have to Protect the Children
My favorite movie/musical is "The Music Man", the story about a travelling salesman in 1912 who sells bands. In order to get the get the local townspeople fired up, he has pointed out the evil of having a pool table in town. At a subsequent meeting in the schoolhouse he fires them up even more …
The Journey Begins
I have been working on a little writing project recently trying to explain God to oldest granddaughter. She asked me one day "Who is God?" While I was extremely happy she asked me, I didn't know how to answer. When my children were young I was away from the church, far away from the church, …
We Need More Joseph’s
We really need more Joseph's out in the world today. We need more people who will take responsibility and do the right thing even if they don't need to. In today's Gospel, Matthew 1: 18-24, we recall the story of the angel coming to Joseph letting him know that his betrothed, Mary, would be having …
Who am I to Judge
In my last post I wrote how I had done something I never had before, gave money to a street person. I wrote how it reminded me of Matthew 25: 44 - 46 and "What you did for the least..." I have been reflecting even more on this over the last couple of days. As …
There but for the Grace of God
I did something the other day I have never done in my 57 years of living on this earth. I'm not sure what got into me, but I actually gave a dollar to a guy standing on the street corner holding a sign saying he was homeless, etc. etc. etc. Now maybe a dollar isn't …
Be Ready for the Unexpected
Today in the Catholic Church is the first Sunday of Advent, which is also the beginning of the liturgical year. Advent means basically the two comings of Jesus, his birth and when he comes again at the end of time. Today's Gospel reading is Matthew 24: 37 - 44 where Jesus tells us how we …
The Wayward Catholic 