Author Archives: djinnfromthebronx

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-5kwft-1514ff5 Taking a hiatus. God bless. Maybe see you again in the Spring.

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-7bgtn-150adf9 Does it make sense for Catholics to disregard the dogma and doctrine from the small to the great theological issues? Here is the small question that got me going on this subject today. A caller to a Catholic Radio show who felt that certain restrictions on music were unfair, and well, who voted onContinue reading “Because the Church Said So”

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-83qm8-150126a Last weekend I dove, as it were, into the Rules for Discernment of Spirits at a Seminar at St. Peter Chanel Church with the wonderful, brilliant and humble Fr. Tim Gallagher. What a blessing! I just want to share a little with you, and encourage you to explore! There is plenty of source materialContinue reading “Rules that Can Help Our Spiritual Lives from Ignatius of Loyola”

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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-snqc5-14ed8ea I’ve been in this four week parish study about the “Art of Dying”. It has stirred thoughts which I offer for your consideration!

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.