20140826 “Then you don’t really want to, you don’t love God above all else in the world, with all your head and soul and mind and strength. For, except for spells of sickness in the family and when children are small, when terrific pressure is upon us, we find time for what we really want to do.” —Thomas R. Kelly, Testament of Devotion
20140420 “When God loves, all he desires is to be loved in return; the sole purpose of his love is to be loved in return, in the knowledge that those who love him are made happy by their love for him.” —St. Bernard of Clairvaux
What would heaven be without earthly things? After rising, Jesus ate fish. Will we be without flowers and our dogs?
Was Jesus transfigured? Or did the apostles have a glimpse of him as he is?
20140804 We can cause good by praying. We cannot cause evil by not praying.
If God counts our prayers, it’s okay to pray for little things.
Not lovable but loved.
20140802 Say, not only think, your prayers.
20140801 The fear that God is not love.
20140731 What’s on a dog’s bucket list?
Could the beasts present in the stable not be present in heaven?
20140728 “My Lord and my God.” A prayer for doubters.
20140727 Mary is just as loving and less demanding than Jesus.
20140723 My dog, an object of my love, sleeps most of the day.
Mainly we are important because we are His.
The dead know.
20140722 Superstitious practices are a kind of discipline.
If the time comes, “no authority” will prove no hindrance.
20140719 What were vocations are now careers.
20140718 The things one cares most about, one can do little about.
If the hairs of our heads are counted, so are our dogs counted.
20140717 “My yoke,” meaning joining with Jesus and pulling together. “Sweet (easy) yoke,” meaning the yoke is well-fitted (shaped) for you to pull.
20140709 Praying for felt needs is like buying. Praying for unfelt needs is like saving.
20140707 You don’t have to be good, you don’t have to feel good. [You have to do good?]
Man created God. So?
We cannot know what God is.
The problem religion addresses is man. The problem with religion is also man.
20140702 “Do not use clever words (GO TO HELL). Their cuteness wears off very fast and their mnemonic value is too subjective. Besides they offer an unwanted insight into your personality.” —Charles Moore, Programming a Problem-Oriented Language
“It is not the business of a verb to provide its own arguments.” Ibid.
30140630 To avoid sin, avoid temptation.
“The proof is obedience.” —Dr. Mark Miravalle
30140624
Neither the desert nor the city is the Promised Land. “Then who can be saved?” is a pertinent question.
The stable in which Jesus was born was a sacred space.
Fr. Connery pointed out in his Corpus Christi homily that Mary’s putting the Christ Child in a manger was a sign that he came into the world to be eaten.
30140623 Judging is a way of trying to make sense of experiences.
Mom slowly recovering from a fall that hurt or head and back: “I’m getting better every other day.”
30140622 Occasion is not cause.