From today’s Liturgy of the Hours, Office of Readings From the treatise on Flight from the World by Saint Ambrose, bishop Hold fast to God, the one true good Where a man’s heart is, there is his treasure also. God is not accustomed to refusing a good gift to those who ask for one. Since [...]
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Lent: Hold Fast
Posted in Lent, tagged Saint Ambrose on March 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Lent: Fear of the Lord
Posted in Lent, tagged Fear of the Lord on March 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From today’s Liturgy of the Hours, Office of Readings From a treatise on the psalms by Saint Hilary of Poitiers The meaning of “the fear of the Lord” Blessed are those who fear the Lord, who walk in his ways. Notice that when Scripture speaks of the fear of the Lord it does not leave [...]
Lent: “Allow Christ to Find You”
Posted in Lent, tagged Pope John Paul II, Lost sheep, Seven Deadly Sins, God Shepherd on February 20, 2010 | 4 Comments »
In the movie Pope John Paul II, actor John Voight plays the part of the Pope. In one scene, John Paul’s first trip home to Poland, a crowd has gathered outside of the window of his residence. John Paul climbs onto the full window to address the crowd. In his brief comments (true story), he [...]
Lenten Reading
Posted in Lent on February 19, 2010 | 3 Comments »
From today’s Liturgy of the Hours, Office of Readings. A homily of Pseudo-Chrysostom Prayer is the light of the soul The highest good is prayer and conversation with God, because it means that we are in God’s company and in union with him. When light enters our bodily eyes our eyesight is sharpened; when a [...]
Lenten Preparation: Isaiah, Matthew, and James (III)
Posted in Lent on February 17, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Third in a series. Today begins the season of Lent. It is a season of deeds, penetential in nature. Some of these deeds are acts of self-mortification to focus our minds on God and our relationship with him. But our deeds cannot end there, me and Jesus. He wants our faith to be lived in [...]
Lenten Preparation: Isaiah, Matthew, and James (II)
Posted in Lent on February 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Matthew 25 As I so often mention here and elsewhere, there is a great difference between being pro-life and merely anti-abortion. This presents a challenge to us all. We cannot possibly champion every good pro-life cause. It’s impossible. There is a phenomenon in the social sciences known as Compassion Fatigue. Loosely defined, it is the [...]
Lenten Preparation: Isaiah, Matthew, and James (I)
Posted in Lent, tagged Fasting, Isaiah 58, Lent on February 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Ash Wednesday is upon us next week. Thoughts turn to acts of penance, often what we are going to “give up”. To what end? Will we be miserable creatures to live with? Will our fasting lead to harmony or discord, peaceful hearts or riven homes? To what end? Hopefully, we do penance to focus ourselves [...]
