Lawrence Klimecki is a deacon in the Diocese of Sacramento. He is a public speaker, writer, and artist, reflecting on the intersection of art and faith and the spiritual "hero's journey" that is part of every person's life.
“To be sacred or holy, means to be set apart. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that we remove ourselves from the world.” The Desert Fathers were hermits that withdrew from the world to focus on the contemplation of God and deny themselves every worldly comfort. One day, one of theseContinue Reading
“the Gospel must first be preached to all nations.” Emperor Valens From the beginning, Christians have suffered persecution in one form or another. But that persecution does not always come from the outside, sometimes it comes from within. In A.D. 364, Flavius Julius Valens Augustus, known to history as Valens,Continue Reading
“St. James illustrates for us two paths of spirituality that we must keep in balance.” Two Monks Two monks were traveling through a forest on foot, making their way back to their monastery. Recent rains had made the rivers and streams swollen with fast moving currents. As they approached oneContinue Reading
“Submission is a blessing, given freely out of love for God.” How do we react to challenge? When our beliefs are questioned do we entrench ourselves in what we believe or do we take time assess the solidity of the ground on which those beliefs are based? What if thatContinue Reading
“The work of the Church)…is to build the Kingdom of God, to bring more and more people into the friendship of Christ” The Woman Clothed with the Sun Titus Flavius Domitianus, known to history as Domitian, became emperor of Rome in A.D. 81. He was the first emperor to proclaimContinue Reading
“Companionship is also one of the greatest blessings we receive when we receive the precious Body and Blood.” Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson, while he was president, was one day traveling with a group of companions on horseback across the countryside. At one point they came to a swollen river thatContinue Reading
Over at OSVTalks, Anthony D’Ambrosio gives a talk titled From Babel to Pentecost in which he asks an interesting question that I believe deserves a fuller answer. “How did we get from there to here?” How did we get from designing churches that look like this: To churches that lookContinue Reading
“True success lies on a different path, the one shown to us by Jesus.” The apostles are revered in the Christian church. They were the first “bishops” guiding the nascent Church through its first shaky steps. But they did not start out as the most promising group of men. InContinue Reading
“God requires us to bring the gifts that we have, however small or meager, so that His love can transform it and return it to us in good measure, flowing over.” G.K. Chesterton once said, “anything worth doing, is worth doing badly.” In other words, if we feel called toContinue Reading
“Truth is truth to the end of reckoning,” William Shakespeare. A trio of stories concerning Truth. The Devil One day the devil was walking along with one of his demons when they saw a man ahead of them bend down and pick up something shiny. “What did he find?” askedContinue Reading