“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
“Rejection and failure are facts of our existence.” How we respond to failure, rejection, or criticism says a great deal about our character and our commitment to what we believe in. When we find what we truly believe we are called to do, do we stick with it or doContinue Reading
“We are surrounded by miracles, every day, but we have become so accustomed to them we fail to see them.” The Camel An old story tells us about the first time man saw a camel. According to the story the first man to ever see a camel was frightened byContinue Reading
“Faith is the remedy for fear. If we have faith, there is little we need fear.” It sometimes seems that our pilgrimage here on earth takes us through a landscape of fear. We are surrounded by circumstances and situations we do not understand, and ignorance can lead us toContinue Reading
“Jesus seems to sleep through all this, curled up in the bow of the boat.” For the most part we, that is contemporary society, have isolated ourselves from the natural world. We live in climate controlled homes that are warm in the winter and cool in the summer. Electric lightContinue Reading
“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.” The 1970 film “Patton” depicts the role of General George S. Patton during World War II. At one point, during the allied invasion of Sicily, Patton’s army is stuck unableContinue Reading
“God did not establish a contract with His people, He established a covenant.” Contracts and covenants are part of our daily lives but they are very different things. Our society is governed in large part by contracts. These contracts may be formal or informal, written or oral, and usually involveContinue Reading
“And since the three persons of the Holy Trinity all share the same nature, where one is, the other two are also present.” Saint Brigid of Kildare, along with Saint Patrick and Saint Columba, is one of Ireland’s great patrons. As would be expected, there are many stories of wondersContinue Reading
“The task is daunting, to go out and preach the Word of God to a hostile world.” -St. Augustine Augustine “I was weeping in the most bitter contrition of my heart, when I heard the voice of children from a neighboring house chanting, ‘take up and read; take up andContinue Reading