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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-d7rdr-14e31d6 Struggle. Struggle. That’s all sometimes I seem to do? How about you? The world around us is so profoundly difficult, in small and of course in the large things barrelling toward us. It gets to be overwhelming, and I lose the trail to God. It is critical to keep looking toward Him, no matterContinue reading “The Earth is Filled with Violence”

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-y4vr8-14d8f66 Another week, another obstacle. It’s the same for all of us. As a Catholic, I know how I ought to respond. Alas, I fail utterly. Thus the importance of prayer, of the Sacraments, of learning to let God take the reins. It’s a battle. 

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-hxekz-14cf295 The events, the barbaric actions of other human beings, just can’t get it out of my mind. Can you? Life can change, and end, often at the hands of our fellow men, in a moment. Be awake. Be prepared. It’s God, or the Devil.

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-zp8uh-14c569c Gethsamane on my mind and the opportunity we have every time we are at Eucharistic Adoration. More than an opportunity. A necessity.

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-kh86j-14bb585 A moment driving up on Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles started my thinking about how difficult it is to stay on the narrow road and reminded me what I have to do to DO IT! Old news, usual difficulty in absorbing it.

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-pprqs-14b21bb How often do I miss the reality of what it means to FOLLOW Christ. As soon as the slightest suffering comes my way, I am down for the count. How about you? But He offers us a solution in prayer, in letting Him hold us to Himself. It’s simple. We complicate it. I complicateContinue reading “The Following Christ Thing”

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-gni7g-14a91ec Bad night last night spiritually speaking. Without Grace, I’d be doomed. Without Grace, accepted, responded to, we all would be doomed. Confession. Confession. That’s the ticket!

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-xmvnb-149ff70 A close friend, and devoted Catholic died this last month. Some thoughts on her, her Catholicism and on her death. 

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-qeexq-1496d00 Instead of turning to God I complained, very loudly, with little restraint. Good thing for Confession.

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