Author Archives: djinnfromthebronx

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-vq74m-142e858 We are living in deeply troubling times. While it might be no worse than say in the time of Pope Urban IV, where relativism reigned, there was moral corruption and a lack of faith, sometimes it feels so. Thank God we are reviving Eucharistic Adoration as part of the Eucharistic Revival. Oh, Lord, giveContinue reading “Focus on Him: The Feast of Corpus Christi”

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-dswui-1425112 How a bad mood got me thinking about what it will take to open our Catholic Hearts to a true recognition of the indispensability of the Sacraments, especially of the Eucharist. 

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-5hfu8-141c4c2 I have begun to immerse myself in the riches of the Catholic Faith and her teachings. And the journey (the Journey of the Hero of a Thousand Faces) has revealed to me the dearth of knowledge I have had, despite calling myself a life long Catholic. Thoughts on that on Ordinary Old Catholic Me. 

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-7aba8-141433c So many of the episodes of this podcast are inspired by things that I observe and read in the course of my week. I find myself responding audibly without anyone else being present, and then I remember:  I can talk about this on the podcast! And so here I am talking about a lateContinue reading “We ARE Seeing the Chaos”

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-nij5w-1409b19 A good friend is no longer with us and I just need to talk about it in Ordinary Old Catholic Me. 

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-m5e45-13ff34b If I cannot maintain calm in simple challenges, without anger, the how will I be able to do so when the big challenges come? Reflecting on a week’s worth of the small and considering where, to whom, I must go for help. Her initials are BVM. 

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4sp7x-13f5a7d I suppose not for the first, or the last, time, I’m thinking about suffering. It’s always been around me, and you, but sometimes, it presses closer to the people you love, which causes pain and a sense of powerlessness, and then to yourself, which can make you forget that suffering is the road toContinue reading “Suffering: When Theology and Reality Clash”

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-dprtq-13ec46b I have been considering my name, the first name which is from Arabic Lore, and how it might have been a hurdle in my religious evolution but how the balance of my name, middle and Confirmation, have been a force to propel me forward. This is not something I gave much thought to untilContinue reading “What’s In a Name?”

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-es9cz-13e384a So, since last week, we have celebrated the Act that makes our faith tick–the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Some thoughts on that enormous subject from Ordinary Old Catholic Me to Ordinary Old Catholic You.

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-fxbcy-13da970 We are in the midst of the Triduum. Some reflections of this Catholic about the times, old and new. And what it all means to me.