Last Week In Life: December 6 , 2021-December 12 , 2021 STUDY EDITION In which I explain each section of this long weekly post. So long that my wife will never read it. First off the purpose of these weekly posts is to keep a record of what is happening in the world. It has gone through many transformations since I began in January this past year. I think I may want to tweek it again as it seems sort... Read more
This Week in Advent Life Reminds you to Press On- Advent Week 3 Monday December 13 , 2021 Saint Lucy, Virgin and Martyr red Memorial Nm 24:2-7, 15-17a/Mt 21:23-27 (187) Young Christian Lucia of Syracuse (283–304) was engaged to a wealthy pagan young man which quickly ended when he denounced her to Paschasius, the Governor of Syracuse. Her betrothed didn’t much like the fact that his bride to be was distributing her family’s riches to the poor. It probably didn’t help that... Read more
if you go against the judgment of the hierarchy of the Church on ANY issue, you will always find that you were wrong in the end.-William C. Michael One of the great things about FB is that you are constantly coming across great things to read, which in turn gives you great things to ponder and wonder about. Recently one of my FB friends, Theologian, Blogger, and all around great guy Dr. Larry Chapp posted these articles about the Second... Read more
Last Week In Life: November 29 , 2021-December 5 , 2021 Last Week’s SPECTACULAR STORY OF WEEK Shouting At The Pope The holy father must feel like he is in a desert on a consistent constant basis as he gets heckled and heralded as a heretic by his more Catholic than the Pope super righteous sheep sneering at him as they hide out from the world in their crisp green pastures typing their perceived holy but nasty thoughts about him... Read more
This Week in Life- Advent Week 2 Monday December 6 , 2021 Advent Weekday violet/white [Saint Nicholas, Bishop] Is 35:1-10/Lk 5:17-26 (181) We start out his week’s Advent meditations with the feast day of Jolly ol’ St. Nicholas. Over the years he has evolved from a holy bishop helping poor children to a legendary worker of mind-blowing miracles such as resurrecting murdered cut up children into whole people once again with all their limbs reattached. It is not that far-fetched that... Read more
It’s December. We’re all a little busier then normal. Our brains our flooded with extensive thinking about this and that and we must also not forget about that other thing. But despite our overworked minds, we still desire wisdom and wondrous deep thought to be inserted into our souls via our cranium. So here are some bite-sized bits of chewable ponderings to muse as we glide through the season of festive merry making. Welcome to ADVENT 2021 I so love... Read more
Every month this year I have let you know what movies have come out or will be coming out that particular month. So here is what is coming out this particular advent Christmas Season 2021. Happy viewing. Wednesday, Dec. 1 Lost in Space: Season 3 (2021) Netflix Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas (2021) The Roku Channel [movie] Thursday, Dec. 2 Annie Live! (2021) 8 p.m., NBC [special] Coming Out Dec 3, 2021 Shaun The Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas Netflix Diary of a Wimpy Kid Disney+ Monday, Dec. 6 David and... Read more
Last Week In Life: November 22 , 2021-November 28, 2021 Last Week’s SPECTACULAR STORY OF WEEK Aldous Huxley (July 26, 1894) was an English writer and philosopher best known for his classic dystopian novel ‘Brave New World’. C.S. Lewis (November 29, 1898) was a British writer and lay theologian. In the Christian world he is known for his great apologetics work Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters. To the rest of the world he is best known as the creator... Read more
Welcome to Advent The mediations connect to the gospel readings and to whatever interesting events happen that day in history. Sunday November 28, 2021 FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT violet Jer 33:14-16/1 Thes 3:12—4:2/Lk 21:25-28, 34-36 (3) Pss I3 1st day of Hanukkah (Jewish Observance) On This Day in 1520… After sailing through the dangerous straits below South America that now bear his name, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan enters the Pacific Ocean with three ships, becoming the first European explorer to reach... Read more
The goal of spiritual direction is spiritual formation—the ever-increasing capacity to live a spiritual life from the heart. A spiritual life cannot be formed without discipline, practice, and accountability. There are many spiritual disciplines. Almost anything that regularly asks us to slow down and order our time, desires, and thoughts to counteract selfishness, impulsiveness, or hurried fogginess of mind can be a spiritual discipline.- Henri J. M.Nouwen, Spiritual Direction (2018) HarperOne What if, yeah just what if… The nagging thought... Read more
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