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A Blast From My Past

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The Catholic Blues
h/t to my pal Diane from Gradual School via email.Pax

A Daily Moment Of Grace
For about ten months I have subscribed to an email list that sends a daily message of hope and encouragement to my walk of faith.Each of these quotes comes from a Saint or other inspirational person who has lived in the world. There have been moments when the message spoke exactly to where my life was at that point in time; as if the Divine Physician were sending a healing balm meant just for me. At other moments the message has been one that has challenged me to be better, stronger, and more radical in my call to follow not only God's will, but the universal call to holiness, peace and sisterhood/brotherhood.Yesterday, for instance was one of those days when t

Gonna Get All Political For a Minute
I have been hearing a lot lately about a treaty that will be signed at the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference.This is the first article that I think has begun to unravel exactly what the treaty is really about.I think you might want to take a look at the treaty for yourself, before December 7th, and decide what your opinion is concerning whether our president should sign such a document which would make it the responsibility of the United State

Mystic Monday: Take Another Look at The Cloud
Today dear children we are going to take another look at The Cloud of Unknowing. Mostly because I spent the weekend rereading it for my own benefit, so it is fresh in my mind. I wanted to focus on one little part. It may not make sense to some of you, or it may speak directly to the hearts of some of you. If it does, great. If it doesn't just let it go.Anyone who aspires to contemplation aught to cultivate Study, Reflection and Prayer or to put it differently, reading, thinking, or praying. . . these three are so interdependent that thinking is impossible without first reading or - what amounts to the same thing- having listened to others read. For reading a

Gentle Reminder
This has adult content, but thanks to Paul and Storm a funny look at the rush to begin the Christmas Season. Remember kids, we don't decorate until the third Sunday of Advent, the Same Sunday that we begin the O Antiphons. Anticipation is everything.Pax