“Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.” ― Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyła) They took the body down from the cross and one of the few rich men among the first Christians obtained permission to bury it in a rock tomb in his garden; the Romans setting a military guard lest there should be some riot and attempt to recover the body. There was once more a natural symbolism in these... Read more
Companions on the Journey Easter Week Sunday April 4, 2021 EASTER SUNDAY Jn 20:1-9 On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, “They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know where they put him.”... Read more
One of the most crystal clear teachings that Jesus gave to his disciples is to pick up your cross and carry it. We see the old rugged cross planted on a hill not very far away. Our very own personal calvary. The Pontius Pilate in our lives plucks it out of the ground and hands this Truth of life to us. We then haul it on our shoulders and meander down the straight and narrow path of existence. Questions arise... Read more
Happy Holy Thursday and April Fools Day According to popular tradition, one of the most likely origins of April Fools’ Day is the result of the Western world switching from the Julian calendar to the Christian Gregorian calendar in the 1500s. (The Gregorian calendar was named after Pope Gregory XIII, who instituted it in 1582.) According to historians, the practical and traditional confusion created by the switch is highly probable to be the cause of the April Fools tradition. On... Read more
One of the best ways to visit the reality of biblical truth is through biblical fiction. To take the reality of the historicity of the bible and add wonderous speculation about how events turned out beyond the written word , but in the spirit and context of the story recorded by the authors. St.’s Mathew, Mark, Luke and John did not pen down every aspect of the story and has given room for thought about how certain details may have... Read more
CB WIRE March 22 – March 28, 2021 FEAST DAYS ,HOLIDAYS AND THIS WEEK IN HISTORY Mon March 22, 2021 1630 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables. 1794 – The Slave Trade Act of 1794 bans the export of slaves from the United States, and prohibits American citizens from outfitting a ship for the purpose of importing slaves 1872 – Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment. 1931- William “Captain James T. Kirk” is born.... Read more
Companions on the Journey Holy Week Monday March 29, 2021 The good news is that, as members of Christ’s Mystical Body the Church, we have access to the very same grace that transformed the infamous “Saul of Tarsus” (Acts 9:11) into “Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ” As we have now entered into Holy Week, the final preparation for the Sacred Triduum, let us resolve to follow the example of St. Paul and the entire “white-robed army of Martyrs” (Te... Read more
As I was laying in bed at 4:30 AM, I continued to contemplate something about the Annunciation. The fact that I am a Catholic blogger and I don’t know what to write about it and I have to get up and go to work at 9:30 AM. So instead of laying in bed sleepless and restless, I decided to take a hot shower and contemplate what to write about. Sitting in the shower on a chair with hot water running... Read more
Sometimes He feels so close You feel like you can feel Him Hear Him and talk to Him who so loves you And you so love It feels quiet and you are calm; your faith has never been so real You think of Him day and night and all the moments in between Maybe something happens, or maybe seemingly nothing He is invisible, just gone and your faith is confused And yet you thirst for Him He left you, alone... Read more
CB WIRE March 15 – March 21, 2021 FEAST DAYS ,HOLIDAYS AND THIS WEEK IN HISTORY Mon March 15, 2021 44 BC – The assassination of Julius Caesar takes place. Tuesday March 16, 2021 1995 – Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865. 1995? Really Mississippi? Wednesday March 17, 2021 St. Patrick’s Day/ St Gertrude of Nivelles, the patron saint of cats 1861 – The Kingdom of Italy is... Read more
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