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Have Mercy on Me
Have you ever been reading scripture and wondered exactly what is being said? For example, when Jesus tells us to pluck out our right eye if it causes us to sin does he really mean we are to do that? Not only does he say to pluck out our eye but also cut off our …
Choosing the Right Path: Life Lessons from Hiking
Sometimes we just need to put ourselves in God’s hands
Leading the Way
This is the first in what I hope to be a series of posts based upon Saint Josemaria Escrvia the founder of Opus Dei. He was a prolific writer, not writing centuries ago but in the twentieth century. You will never be a leader if you see others only as stepping-stones to get ahead. You …
Slow to Speak
The other day I played hooky from work, something I don't usually do. I had a bunch of things that needed doing that can only be done during the week so I spent the day driving from here to there and back again. One of my stops included a local Trappist monastery. While my visit …
Lead Us Not Into Temptation
Picture this, you’re at work and wasting some time looking at your Facebook page. Out of the blue you receive a friend request from a familiar name. It is an old girlfriend (or boyfriend) from high school. This was your first, and we all know we never forget our first… You haven’t thought about this …
Humility
Today’s Gospel reading, Matthew 23: 1 -12 we hear Jesus preaching in the temple and berating the scribes and Pharisees. He tells his listeners to do what they are told but to not do what they do. In other words, don’t follow their examples. We all know people like that. People who might have a little …
The Time is Now
It's been just about a year since I moved from the little house on the lake and completed a life transformation that began about a year before that. Reflecting on the past few years I can see such a difference from where I was then to where I am now, and I owe it all …
Lent Starts Today
Okay here it is the first day of Lent and it is required that I do something for Lent, either fast or some other "penance" for the next forty days. After thinking about it I have decided on exactly what I will try to do. It won't be fasting since I am already on a …
The Safest Road to Hell
Isn't that the truth? The road to hell begins smoothly, you drift a little to one side or the other and you don't even realize it. As Lewis says, there aren't any signposts, nothing to let you know you are going the wrong way. The Evil One won't post signs for you, he will just let …
The Wayward Catholic 