Oh Good Heavens!
I had no idea when I wrote my last post that it would generate so much controversy. I certainly had no idea it would offend so many people. I assure you I meant no offense against anyone. The whole...
View ArticleLittle Brother
This is a post I wrote for my youngest brother who leaves for basic training next week. I would appreciate it if everyone could say a prayer for him sometime this week. Dear Matthew, You are going to...
View ArticleWhat My Father Did
Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself; He can do only what He sees His Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.” My brother and...
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Holpin’
As I was on leave over the last few weeks I spent a lot of time back home on the family farm, helping with projects wherever an extra pair of hands or a little extra muscle was needed. I helped my...
View ArticleClothe the Naked
“The Lord showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, whie Satan stood at his right hand to accuse him. And the angel of the Lord said to Satan, “May the Lord rebuke you,...
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The Poor, the Maimed, the Lame, the Blind
Then He also said to him who invited Him, “When you give a dinner or a supper, do not ask your friends, your brothers, your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be...
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One Another’s Burdens
This is part II. Part one is at The Poor, the Maimed, the Lame, the Blind. Then He also said to him who invited Him, “When you give a dinner or a supper, do not ask your friends, your brothers, your...
View ArticlePatience
Once again I let this blog sneak up on me. My first clue that it was my week to write an IT post was when I checked my email at work, late in the afternoon, and saw the notification. That’s what you...
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D-Day
The fight is joined that took so long to prepare The Serpent will be routed from his usurped lair. The King invades the land with banners unfurled In the final breaching of a stubborn world Vainly set...
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There I Am Home
Home has never been a place for me. I have been so many places in my life. I have a special nostalgia for the farming country of Upstate NY, especially in the Summer, and the Fall. And the Spring. And...
View ArticlePapa Francisco’s Social Justice
It seems like every time someone writes a blog or article about Pope Francis, it is all about how he is stepping on toes. Take this piece from Houston Catholic Worker. It covers quite a bit of ground,...
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The Poor in Spirit
Did anyone else hear a homily yesterday about the dangers of greed and affluent American lifestyles and the need to support the Church and give alms to the poor? With readings like these, no wonder!...
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Beautiful Day
*Warning: This Post Mentions Gynecological Medical Procedures.* Today was one of those days; those days when I get up at 3:00 A.M. with less than five hours of sleep behind me. I could have gone to...
View ArticleInward Eyes
I tend to be a very introspective individual. My spiritual life consists largely in self-examination, and used to be even more so. I would look at myself, find myself wanting, and come up with a plan...
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The Necessity of Frivolity
One of the things that I often ponder is the relationship between the Christian and wealth. That is, how much wealth should I accumulate, how much luxury should I enjoy before it starts becoming a...
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With the Point of a Nail
I walked through the yard where they were collecting the bodies of those killed by the typhoon. They bring them in on trucks, collecting them from out of treetops along the beach, rubble piles in the...
View ArticleThere Are Problems, and Then There Are, Well, Not Problems
This video has been circulating the internet for a while now. I saw it for the first time about a week ago. I, for one, find it one of those, “That is so true and I wish people would take this to heart...
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Masterpieces upon this Transient Earth
Sometimes things that I see or read just speak to me. I cannot say why at the moment. As my cousin, a photographer and independent filmmaker, would say, they come together “behind my head.” Without...
View ArticleIf You Let Them, They Will Build
I recently read an article about childhood and play and the increasingly all pervasive place of school in the lives of children. School work which runs all day, followed by extra-curricular activities...
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Holy Crap: Being a Post Chiefly About Poop!
“A man goes upright and the food of his body is sealed as in a purse full fair; and when it is time of his necessity, it is opened and sealed again full honestly. And that it is He [God] who does this...
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