Category Archives: Some thoughts
1st Sunday of Lent – Don’t Be Surprised by the Devil’s Temptations
Gospel – Matthew 4:1-11 At that time Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was hungry. The tempter approached and said … Continue reading
This First Friday of Lent
First Reading: Isaiah 58: 1-9a 1 Cry, cease not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their wicked doings, and the house of Jacob their sins. 2 For they seek me from day to day, sad desire to know my … Continue reading
Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Thomas Aquinas said, “The things that we love, tell us what we are.” With this is mind, what pray tell are you? Where does your love lie? Are we like the good St. Thomas Aquinas with eyes turned towards … Continue reading
Resentment is Poison for Our Soul
As we begin this New Year, many of us have hopes of being better than we were last year, we have made our resolutions and are trying to change our vises into virtues. It is a noble cause, … Continue reading
Preparing for Spiritual Battle
Now, when we read the phrase ‘Spiritual battle’ it often invokes images of the mighty battle that raged in the heavens between the once favored Lucifer and St. Michael the Archangel. It is the battle in which Lucifer was cast … Continue reading
Small Wonder of Feet
Looking down, my feet seem small… Well, almost … just not quite big enough for proper balance and stance. But they have kept me ‘on my toes’… as the saying goes. They have run ahead and fallen back. … Continue reading
Ask and It Will Be Given You
Dear friends, as we come to the end of this first week of Lent, we find the eternal wisdom of the Holy Mother Church evident once again, as we are reminded with the Mass readings of today, that as we … Continue reading
Wonder of the Universe
oh wonder of the universe, that I should sit here … like this… quietly contemplating the silence… spinning in the quiet clouds of fragrant smoke, swirling… I drift… alone. And you, halfway around the world… are closely pondering This … Continue reading
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