IMHO

Moral relativism says that there is no objective, authoritative absolute moral moral code.  It is therefore a matter for each person to deci...

"The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it seems pointless."        -- Dr. Steven Weinberg, Ph.D., The First Three...

It's an appealing argument.  No. It's an appealing conclusion.  The argument is totally unsound. "God doesn't care w...

Life can be overwhelming.  One day I wondered to myself -- feeling overwhelmed -- "who asked me if I wanted to be created?  Nobody soug...

Yesterday was the first Sunday of Lent, and on a beautiful afternoon without a cloud in the sky at St. Gertrude parish, I had the joy of bei...

Autumn falls gently, its tears alighting On grass so to languish under leaf Helplessly in the dark, amid bright November sun.   Thirs...

Another older one... I was walking Katie to school this morning.  I heard birds singing.  I said, "Katie, do you hear the birds?...

I just came across this note that I wrote several years ago.  Posting it for preservation... Changing Anna Marie (who was 9 months old at ...

Christ tells us what happens to those who live by the sword.    I don't think Christ meant this figuratively, or in some probabilistic...

It is not a cross unless it is that by which your self is crucified.

At the root of all of my desires for pleasures -- in food, drink, comfort, etc. -- is a deep desire for God.  This, I think, is true for ev...

how many things when at first glance appear to be a curse how many times those very things are the blessings we so much need

Every passing moment, here and now; listen.  Each is a little annunciation  God announcing the truth of each moment; What He asks of us r...

A week or two ago the gospel reading for the day was the parable of the vineyard owner who sends his servants to collect his due. The wicke...

I was in Barnes & Noble the other day. If my digital camera had been available I would have gone back for a photograph because what I s...

Up, they always climb up. Every year, in early May, the caterpillars come. Lots of them. And whatever direction they have open to them, it...

stones against the wall -- clattering, they try to distract

When we suffer in any way we always ask why. Why is that? Lately I've been pondering this "why." I've often found mysel...

What does Mary do after her fiat? After receiving her God and Savior in her womb we see her immediately go off to serve. She departs for t...

"But [Mary] was greatly troubled at what was said and pondered what sort of greeting this might be (Luke 1:29)." and "... [Ma...