Learn the Divine Office in Lent
Well, Day 1 of Lent was pretty rich. Got to lector at Mass for one of my favorite readings and psalms, which was neat. Got to spend more time at a doctor’s office than I wanted to for something so...
View ArticleCome, Pray the Luminous Mysteries with Me!
Aside from being aggravated by some minor, but continual, issues with my computer today, I’m feeling pretty peaceful about the election, in general. I have no idea who will win, although I suspect...
View ArticlePillar of Cloud, Water of Life: All of a Healing Piece & Peace
For a little while longer, we are still in Christmas, but every day the mysteries of the season seem to wither a little, like the leaves of the poinsettias; the expectation of Advent seems far away,...
View ArticleGod in the Balance; Loving Dark and Light
Regardless of our religion — whether we are Catholics or Evangelicals or Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist — the spiritual life challenges us to find balance. One of the reasons I was attracted to the...
View ArticleThe Coin of God and of the World
Today’s Office of Readings from the beginning of a letter to the Magnesians by Saint Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr: “All things have an end, and two things, life and death, are side by side...
View ArticleYou have here no lasting city…not even a lasting nation.
In today’s Office of Readings (my favorite Office, go figure) comes this marvelously relevant, important and instructive excerpt from Thomas a’Kempis’ classic, The Imitation of Christ: Turn to the Lord...
View ArticleGrousing at God, Barking at Saints, and a Constant Renewal
Not to keep talking about about me, me, me, but here I go: In my column at The Catholic Answer magazine, I relate a little of what a crank I become when I am stressed out: Recently, I began the day...
View ArticleThe Aurora Shooter: Image of Loss – UPDATED
We all know his name, but I prefer not to use it in a public forum, mostly because his name should not be better known than the names of his victims. I will use it, though, in private prayer. Social...
View ArticleO Sapientia! O Wisdom! Antiphonal Healing
Tonight, it begins; at Vespers, before the Magnificat, we take up the gorgeous “O”Antiphons. We chant them in full solemnity, with their wandering air, their voice of deep longing. We have been...
View ArticleMorning Prayer so often aligns with the headlines…
Today’s reading (slightly enlarged) from Morning Prayer, Isaiah 53:11-12 “Because of his anguish he shall see the light; because of his knowledge he shall be content; My servant, the just one, shall...
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