The human heart plans the way, but the LORD directs the steps. “Proverbs 16:9″ We all have times in our lives that we feel a lack of direction. No matter how much time we spend thinking about a situation, we … Continue reading
Thoughts and Inspirations
Seven Spiritual Resolutions
And do this because you know the time; it is the hour now for you to awake from sleep. For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed; the night is advanced, the day is at hand. Let … Continue reading
Beautiful People Don’t Just Happen
The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life … Continue reading
A Christmas Story: A $20 Shine
“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and … Continue reading
Advent – 3rd Sunday
As we begin the Third Week of Advent, we anticipate Christmas, and so we ask Christ to grant us His grace that we might be prepared for welcoming His Birth. Gaudete Sunday, the Third Sunday of Advent, marks a traditional … Continue reading
How to Prepare for Christmas
There is an old adage that we all have heard: “Actions speak louder than words.” St. Francis of Assisi said it this way: “Preach the Gospel at all times. Use words if you must.” Ralph Waldo Emerson made the … Continue reading
Do I Really Have a Purpose?
Welcome back to my series of blogs titled, “Have you ever wondered?” In my last blog we explored why God created us. In brief, God created us to love … Continue reading
Cast Your Nets
As he passed by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting their nets into the sea; they were fishermen. Jesus said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Then … Continue reading
Persistence in Prayer
“Then he told them a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary. He said, “There was a judge in a certain town who neither feared God nor respected any human being. And a widow in … Continue reading
4 Good and Not-So-Good Reasons for Doing the Right Thing
No matter what our religion, most of us want to do the right thing. We could argue all day long what the right thing is. Sometimes it’s objectively clear — don’t murder, don’t rape, don’t steal. Sometimes it’s a judgment … Continue reading