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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4f7bu-1b260bc As I have no doubt mentioned before, I have been working on the Ignatian Exercises on and off for a couple of years at least. Fr. Ed Broom, OMV (Oblates of the Virgin Mary) who does online and live retreats on the Exercises just recently released a book doing the exercises by yourself. IContinue reading “Self Sufficient Elder Woman Meets Jesus (Right After the Rich Young Man)”

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-vqb7i-1ae0cc2 Not the first time I have considered the subject, but of late, the quick passage of time, and losses has brought me back to it. And probably again in the future!

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-hrig7-1aac995 This entry was orginally intended for Lent, but it applies always. We don’t want to end up lamenting  wrong choice and miss the point of the Act of Redemption, and Resurrection. God constantly offers wake up calls, and too many of us continue to snooze. 

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-y74wn-1a31125 Why is it that some people want power even if it means destroying an entire civilization to get it? Over and over it has happened. It is positively bibilical. It is the illogic of sin overcome only by accepting and participating in the Cross. Not an easy task. But that is logic. And Salvation.

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-5itnn-1961ba9 With the evil all around us, it is time for us happily to take on the label of what is usually an aspersion, God Botherers. The murders and all manner of vile behavior around us is not an act of God, but the act of us, sinners. We brought the chaos into the worldContinue reading “Be A God Botherer”

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-d8p78-18f1673 When Catholics lament about their sufferings (just like everyone else) they are kid of missing the point of the faith to which they purportedly adhere. We Christians were Baptized into the Suffering of Christ, and with that Baptism, we are supposed to see that Suffering is transformed. It’s a big thing to miss, andContinue reading “The Paradox of Suffering Even Catholics Don’t Always Get”

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-prj54-18be3ce You get older. There is no avoiding that there is more past than future for you. That’s a struggle for the non-believer, and even the believer. The losses around you and the losses in your own life make it something that you can’t just push aside. Some imperfect thoughts from one Catholic’s perspective.

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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-vthti-17abad5 I have lived in Los Angeles over 40 years. I have seen all sorts of natural and man made disasters, most from afar. This one has been right up close and it has been a challenge both practically and spiritually. Some thoughts from this ever struggling Catholic. 

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-hx55r-1792e1a I guess it’s just a reality of age, but yes, I have been thinking of the past, yet again. But I know that well, obviously the past is passing and what is eternal is what I must aim at.