Euphemistic Unholiness

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-gy8a8-136c545

We human beings have a knack for giving our evil actions a veneer of good by euphemisms. Ultimately those euphemisms, lies, become the societal reality. I have been watching documentaries about WWII and the atrocities in Germany by the Nazis, doctors, nurses and ordinary people. Folks don’t like the comparison made to abortion. Well, the fact is that euphemisms have been used to legitimize abortion as they were to legitimize the atrocities of the Nazi regime and the populace. This is Pro-life weekend (the euphemism of the abortion industry of this group is anti-Choice, which is a realistic and true phrase?) and I feel I must lend my voice to the reality of the evil of the abortion industry and its support, especially by those who call themselves Christian. Our euphemisms will send us to hell if we don’t wake up. 

Un-Self Realization

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-i5map-134f03a

On this last day of 2022, thinking about what needs to be done going forward, toward emptying myself to be filled up with God, counter to the culture which seeks to find a Self without God. Even with Grace, no easy task. But here’s to a New Year of seeking God and not self, of letting go of all that gets in the way of being with Him. 

The Mystery Man: He Always Leaves Room for Faith

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-t2hau-133edc9

Perhaps it is the darkness of our times, but scientific and religious interest in the Image on the Shroud of Turin has been assisted by the Exhibition in Salamanca, Spain, called The Mystery Man. The three dimensional image on the Shroud, still an enigma in terms of how it could have occurred except by the Miracle of Resurrection, was extrapolated into a figure of a Crucified, beaten Man on view for the public. It is reported that it will go around the world. For me, it is an enhancement of faith. Who is Man if He is Not Christ the Lord? 

Remembering Those Who Have Passed Through These Pews

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-wp8nz-1323b86

We are in the month of remembering those who have died. I have been thinking of all those people that have passed through the pews of my parish in the last nearly 40 years of my attendance. Hard to believe indeed. So many souls. We must pray for them. As we hope we will receive prayers when we are only memories to the next generation of our respective parishes. 

A Foretaste of My (Potential) Future

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-x8tpj-131b658

If we are fortunate, we will reach an old age. But that comes with its own sufferings for which we need to prepare, practically and spiritually. As someone who spends considerable time with the generation just ahead of me, I know that I have a lot of work to do spiritually, assuming I make it to their good age.