At mass this morning Father Peter blessed all the fathers. I admit I accepted the blessing but I'm not sure I deserve it. I've nt sure that I have been all that good of one. Oh, my kids have turned out great, both are married, I have four and 2/3 grandchildren, and they are doing …
Tag: faith
The Next Step
Each journey begins with a first step which then leads to a next. In my journey back to the Catholic faith, I have reached the third. I don't know how many there are, but I know I have reached the third. The first two were returning to Mass and making a complete confession, the second …
Palm Sunday Thoughts
On a cold but sunny Palm Sunday, I figure it is a good time to reflect over the last year of my life, after all it was just about a year ago that I began attending Sunday Mass religiously (pardon the pun). I have come a long way in the last year but I still …
Believers and Non-believers
As I sometimes have a tendency to do, especially when I have too much time on my hands, I think too much. And when I think too much, I have to post about it which can lead to some very strange insights. Here comes one now... I had a comment on this morning's post from …
It All Starts With Faith
It all starts with faith, without it we have nothing. Sunday's Gospel from Luke 13: 1 -9 includes the parable of the fig tree, in which a man has planted a fig tree which has borne no fruit for three years. He tells the gardener to cut it down, the gardener however talks him into …
Listen to Him
"And a voice came from the cloud saying, 'This is my Son, the Chosen One. Listen to him.'" This comes from today's Gospel, Luke 9:35. Do you listen? Do you even know when He is speaking to you? Jesus speaks to us everyday, and all we need to do to hear is to listen. Unfortunately …
A Hearse and a U-Haul
"Follow me". These are the words Jesus spoke to Levi a tax collector, who then rose from his desk and walked out the door, never looking back. Levi later became one of the twelve, Matthew. Could you do this, leave everything behind to follow Jesus? Here was Levi, a tax collector with a good paying …
God and My GPS
I spend most of my day behind the windshield of a truck which gives me plenty f time to think about things when I am not dodging erratic drivers that is. Affixed to that windshield is a GPS device, in case I get lost. Hanging on that GPS is another device which also keeps me …
Turning the Corner
I haven't been writing much lately, and what I have written on this blog has been a little down. I've been hitting some new lows, different from other lows in my life where I had some alcohol issues thrown in the mix which can certainly cloud one's thinking, but lows nonetheless. But...All of a sudden …
One More Test
In my last post I spoke of how I have been feeling down lately and have lost confidence in myself. The question arises: Is God testing me? I have written about this before. but would like to elaborate a little more on it. I don't think God tests us per se. Satan, however certainly does. …
The Wayward Catholic 