reading, writing, exploring
Posted in main on Jul 7th, 2010
We’ve been travelling and taking advantage of the XM radio available in my car by listening to XM 6 — which is all 60′s music. I was a preteen and young teenage in the 60′s — I was a bit young to take off for Woodstock, but not too young to revel in it. The [...]
Posted in main on Mar 29th, 2010
Almost all gospel stories can call me to reflect on who I might be in the picture. Yesterday’s accounting of the crucifiction of Jesus from the Gospel of Luke causes me to wonder which thief I would have been: the wise, repentant one who accepted himself and asked “Jesus, remember me when you come into [...]
Posted in main on Oct 17th, 2009
I’ve been sitting with Susan’s post over on Creo en Dios — and considering how her words adapt to my reality. We come to this place from different roads. She was a cradle Catholic who left God and the Catholic Church, and returned. I started life in a Calvinist protestant environment (Presbyterian/Southern Baptist), made a [...]
Posted in main on Sep 21st, 2009
Tonight is one of those where my mind doesn’t seem to want to shut down… I’m pondering many things, for no know reason. It’s one of those nights when I consider my faith – what it is and what it is not. I wonder at why I believe at all. I wonder what I believe. [...]
Posted in main on Sep 14th, 2009
Today’s readings always give me pause… in the desert, the people complain against God. Then come the seraph serpents that bite them and kill them. The cure is for Moses to put a serpent on a staff and hold it up. Whoever gazes on it is saved. This reading is followed by the gospel explanation [...]
OK – so it is the middle of the night — my eyes are dry and my spouse is going through a period of problematic breathing (snoring?); so I decided to read my email and come upon today’s first reading for mass. It’s Exodus 3 and it contains the following: “But,” said Moses to God, [...]
Posted in main on Jan 1st, 2009
New Year’s Day brings the feast of Mary, Mother of God — and a world day of prayer for peace. They seem interlinked to me: to give birth to Christ is the greatest prayer for peace. It’s a call — to give birth to Christ every day in every circumstance — that all Christians are [...]
Posted in main on Dec 29th, 2008
Fr. Jack got distracted by the readings, and wound up giving the homily I needed. He used the Hebrews reading which ends this way: By faith Abraham, when put to the test, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was ready to offer his only son, of whom it was said, “Through [...]
Posted in main on Sep 28th, 2008
Do you know the term “switchback”? or maybe the sailing term “tacking.” – If I’m not mistaken, both refer to making progress by taking a zigzag sort of course – progress is made, but there’s an awful lot of switching direction. Rather like my take on today’s gospel… Jesus talks about the two sons – [...]
Posted in main on Sep 27th, 2008
Today I join my Vincentian brothers and sisters in celebrating the feast of St. Vincent de Paul. My thoughts too jumbled to write much about how the life of this 17th century French priest has shaped my understanding of God’s love and how to live in response to that. He recognized the value of women [...]
