July 28, 2003
MONDAY OF THE SEVENTEENTH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIMEFeast of St. Samson (536), Bishop of Dol and St. Innocent I (417), Pope, Martyr Dear Father: Suffering as been much on my mind lately — suffering not only of body, but of spirit. I am across a Newsletter of the Abbey of Saint-Joseph de Clairval in France, [...]
July 16, 2003
WEDNESDAY OF THE THIRTEENTH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIMEFeast of our Lady of Mt. Carmel, patron of the Order of the Legion of St. Michael (This is a solemn Holy Day for members of the Order of the Legion of St. Michael) Dear Father: This is a great day, a great feast, of a great Lady [...]
July 15, 2003
TUESDAY OF THE FIFTEENTH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIMEFeast of St. Bonaventure, bishop, doctor Dear Father: Well here I go. I wrote about being too busy that I was leaving my soul behind and I done and got myself so busy that I have not made a journal entry in a week. Shame on me! Well, [...]
July 7, 2003
MONDAY OF THE FOURTEENTH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIMEFeast of Blesseds Ralph Milner & Roger Dickenson (1591), Martyr Dear Father: I am haunted by this old Inuit Song. The melody and words (sung in Inuit) are simple and yet strangely profound. That is one reason it haunts. In listening to the song it is as if [...]
July 6, 2003
FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIMEFeast of St. Maria Goretti (1902), Virgin, Martyr Dear Father: Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote in an essay on Prudence the following: “Every Violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but a stabb at the health of human society.” This is even more true in the [...]
July 2, 2003
THURSDAY OF THE THIRTEENTH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIMEFeast of St. Thomas, Apostle Dear Father: I was thinking today about two scriptures that typifies how we should be as Christians. Yes these two scriptures are among the most ignored by us Christians. The first is the passage about how we should be careful in treating strangers [...]
July 1, 2003
WEDNESDAY OF THE THIRTEENTH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIMEFeast of St. Barnardino Realino (1616), Priest Dear Father: My, it has been a long while since I have talked to you. Shame on me! I really need to get into the discipline of more regular entries to this Journal. Maybe this is a good time to tell [...]
If one wishes to win the world for Christ, he must have the courage to come into conflict with it. —Blessed Titus Brandsma
I would not believe the Gospel itself, if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so. —St. Augustine of Hippo
The more we see failure in obedience, the stronger should be our suspicion of temptation. —St. Teresa of Avila
Lord, those are your best servants who wish to shape their life on Your answers rather than to shape your answers on their wishes. —St. Augustine