Today's title is brought to us by today's responsorial Psalm. But you knew that already since you have all been to Mass. It fits nicely with the Gospel reading, about Jesus spending 40 days in the desert and being tempted by Satan. This is one of those verses that lends itself nicely to a short …
Category: prayer
Be Not Afraid
I am not sure we are walking through the valley of the shadow of death or not, but these are certainly scary times. Every day the news seems to get worse, the number of people infected with the coronavirus rises, the number of deaths goes up and the predictions of how many possible deaths are …
COVID- 19 Heart vs Mind
I have started this post about five times now and am finding it extremely difficult to write. I am trying to write my thoughts on this whole Corona Virus situation. I am very conflicted on this, conflicted about the "quarantine", God, my faith and my Church. My head says one thing, my heart another. Let …
What God Needs
I had an interesting conversation with my daughter today. Now this being the 21st century it wasn’t a face to face conversation but rather a finger to finger conversation. She and her husband have a rather big life decision to make and she asked for my advice. Without going into the details I told her …
Another box to check
Are you one who likes lists? Do you make a list to help you get to Heaven? Here is some advice.
Less Me, More Him
This past month I have been pretty down spiritually. I have been trying to figure out why. I think last week I may have come up with the reason why, or at least what to do about it. I took a week off from work last week with the intention of making a pilgrimage of …
Patience is a Virtue
Okay it's day eight and I have written five hundred words each day of Lent so far. Can I make it to forty? I don't know, but I am going to try. I know today's post is going to be a struggle. I'm just not in the writing mood today. I suppose I could just …
Another Day Another Answer
Isn't it funny how God just seems to know the answers to your questions? I can hardly count the times over the last six or seven years that God has sent me some kind of sign when I have asked him about what I should do. The latest was last night when I asked Him …
Thy Will Be Done
We all know that line from "The Lord's Prayer". "Thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven." How do we know what God's will is? We often hear that instead of asking God what he can do for us, we should ask Him what we could do for Him, what is His …
When I am Called to Duty God
This post will be a little different than my usual discourse. Yesterday, two Boston firefighters died in the line of duty while fighting a fire in a building on Beacon Street. The firefighters killed were identified as Lt. Edward J. Walsh, 43, of West Roxbury -- a father of three -- and Firefighter Michael R. …
The Wayward Catholic 