Something for Sunday Morning
"Blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for he shall enjoy everything."
St. Francis
Topic
Religion
A collection of 880 issues
Monday
New Book
Many years ago, I was drawn to Martin Buber
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Buber] and Max Picard
[http://www.hermitary.com/bookreviews/picard.html]. Buber, I met in an Alpena,
Michigan, bookstore, picking up his I and Thou for fifty cents and reading it on
the
Something for Sunday Morning
“Riches are not forbidden, but the pride of them is.” St. John Chrysostom
(But the way the stock market is going, this ain't a problem either way. heh heh
heh.)
Wednesday
The Beat Enigma
When he saw a statue of the Virgin Mary turn its head in his hometown church's
basement in the early 1950s, Jack Kerouac said it dawned on him that the word
"Beat" is a religious word with a relation to the beatific vision.
Wednesday
Catholic Blog Surfing
Well, I completely neglected the anniversary of the death of G.K. Chesterton. It
was yesterday. Fortunately, the good folks at Supremacy and Survival didn't
forget [http://supremacyandsurvival.blogspot.com/2011/06/gk-chesterton-rip.html]
. It fittingly asks the question, "Will GKC be
Wednesday
Catholic Blogging Wednesday
Summer comes in four stages: Memorial Day, the first day of June, kids out of
school, June 20th. Welcome to Stage Two. * * * * * * * Talk about a priest
shortage: "Whispers in the Loggia" says there are only 275 Catholic clerics for
all five of the military branches.
Wednesday
Blog Surfing Wednesday
Salvador Dali returned to his Catholic roots? I guess I never knew that. That's
what Godzdogz says in this post
[http://godzdogz.op.org/2011/05/art-of-redemption-4-christ-of-st-john.html]
about Dali's Christ of Saint John of the
Wednesday
Return of Catholic Blog Surfing
Awhile back, I selected Wednesday as my statio . The spiritual masters suggest
you select one day during the week to stand watch, to put forth the extra effort
to be good. I can't say I've noticed a big difference between my
Something for Sunday Morning
"Be happy and make it a special point to become God's sign of happiness in your
community." Mother Teresa
Something for Sunday Morning
“Without humility, there is no way of conquering anger.”
St. John Climacus