There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that are hard to come by. A life of good days lived in the senses is not enough. The life of sensation is a life of greed; it requires more and more. The life of the Spirit requires less and less; time is ampleContinue reading >>
not to negate but to redeem
Many times I have smiled at the naïveté of Hopkins’ nun taking the veil, who desires to go where springs not fail. I posted this poem at the start of my recent silent retreat, even though I knew that cloistering myself for eight-days would not necessarily transport me to “fields where fly no sharp and sidedContinue reading >>
Now is the time
Now is the time to know that all you do is sacred. Now, why not consider a lasting truce with yourself and God. Now is the time to understand that all your ideas of right and wrong were just a child’s training wheels to be laid aside when you can finally live with veracity andContinue reading >>
Trimming the fat
Every year around this time I jokingly lament my upcoming Lenten sacrifices, while secretly longing for the glimpses of asceticism that my Lenten practices my bring me. Part of the reason I take Lent so seriously is because I need the yearly purge of emotional, nutritional, and social crap that threatens to overwhelm me theContinue reading >>
Having repeatedly examined my conscience before God
As the story goes, St Anthony of Egypt, the first known Christian monk, lived to be 105. When asked about that, I often respond “that’s what years of clean living will do to you.” Remember when the Church hated the Enlightenment? Even if you’ve been alive as long as Anthony of Egypt, chances are youContinue reading >>
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