Something for Sunday Morning
"Jesus is probably not asking us to suffer a martyr's death for him. But He is
asking us for courage and fortitude in facing up to the demands of ordinary
life."
Francis Fernandez
Religion
Something for Sunday Morning
"We can find a broad field for living mortification in our daily work--not
putting people down, working with intensity, carrying out our tasks with a
spirit of service."
Francis Fernandez
Something for Sunday Morning
"Worry, fear, and cowardice arise when prayer weakens."
Francis Fernandez
Buffetting Life's Storms
The Hymns of Jimmy Buffett
I started listening to Jimmy Buffett songs when I was in law school. Though I
was ambitiously studying hard so I could find work with a powerful law firm, I
was drawn to Buffett's music because it celebrates a radically carefree
lifestyle. As
Something for Sunday Morning
"A temperate life is a life of mortification and joy. We shall often find
opportunities to practice mortification in the little things that allow our
reason to control our bodies and enable the soul to understand the things
relating to God. Interior mortification guides our imagination and memory by
Monday
The Wrestler
I was home by myself Friday night after working eleven hours at the office by
myself (office shut down for holiday, but I had a mountain to move). I decided
to treat myself with a movie I'd been wanting to see since it came out last
Something for Sunday Morning
"Strive to acquire the virtues you think your brothers lack, and then you will
no longer see their defects, because you yourselves will not have them."
St. Augustine
Something for Sunday Morning
"Sins that are easiest to amend bring the greatest punishment."
St. John Chrysostom
Something for Sunday Morning
"God makes use of little things to act in souls."
Francis Fernandez
GKC to Mosques
Prayerful Imbibers, Rejoice!
While I was editor of Gilbert Magazine, I often heard this topic bantered about:
Was G.K. Chesterton a saint? I always thought to myself, "I don't know, but man,
the guy liked to toss back the wine, as well as an assortment of