Spiritual Directions for the Journey
Posted in Big Questions, Reflections from Fellow Wanderers, Reflections from the Pulpit - Wandering with Deacon Mike on Feb 9th, 2012
This year at our meetings for our local St. Patrick’s Friends of Dismas group we have been exploring what it means to live a life of compassion, one of the great Christian virtues. Below is talked called Reconnecting with Compassion: by Krista Tippett on TED.com . A good place to start any discussion is at the [...]
Posted in Big Questions, Reflections from Fellow Wanderers, Reflections from the Pulpit - Wandering with Deacon Mike, This Sunday on Feb 8th, 2012
In yesterday’s “This Sunday” post we find two interpretations of this week’s reading from two priests, Fr. Robert Barron and Fr. Scott Lewis, whom I highlight each week. Fr. Robert Barron could be considered a Catholic apologist (for more (and I mean more) on Apologetics click here.). In this homily, Becoming Fit for Worship, Fr. [...]
Posted in Big Questions, Reflections from Fellow Wanderers, Reflections from the Pulpit - Wandering with Deacon Mike, The Wisdom of... on Feb 5th, 2012
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. –St. Paul One of the tasks I enjoy most about writing this blog is the selection of quotes for my Twitter Feed. My quest to catch up to Lady Gaga on Twitter has been a total failure [...]
Posted in Big Questions, Reflections from Fellow Wanderers on Jan 27th, 2012
I was listening to Krista Tippet, the host of the radio show On Being, and she had Sylvia Boorstein as her guest . Sylvia is a celebrated Jewish-Buddhist teacher and psychotherapist, mother, and grandmother. She is delightful as well as insightful and if you would like to read or listen to the entire interview please [...]
Posted in Big Questions, Reflections from Fellow Wanderers on Jan 19th, 2012
It was around 1984 at a sales conference and I had just heard one my first “motivational speakers.” His name was Joel Weldon and he captivated the audience with his message. He left us with a tag line I also never forgot- “Success comes in Cans not in Cannots”. We each got a can with [...]
Posted in Reflections from Fellow Wanderers, Reflections from the Pulpit - Wandering with Deacon Mike on Dec 28th, 2011
If I were to write down everything I know about liturgical music it would be one of the shortest articles in history. About all that I can offer is that for the most part I like it! Recently I have started to listen to Gregorian chant. There is no way I understand it but it [...]
Posted in Big Questions, Reflections from Fellow Wanderers on Dec 26th, 2011
A Charlie Brown Christmas is a classic to be sure. If you have never experienced Charlie Brown’s Christmas it is well worth it. In the clip below young Linus explains what Christmas is all about to a very disheartened Charlie Brown.
Posted in Books/Movies/Podcasts for the Road, Reflections from Fellow Wanderers on Dec 25th, 2011
Best wishes for a blessed and holy Christmas. Here is a beautiful telling of the Christmas story set to the words of a song from Amy Grant titled “Breath of Heaven”. I believe the video was produced by the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.The lyrics of the song are posted below the [...]
Posted in Big Questions, Reflections from Fellow Wanderers on Dec 24th, 2011
This is a re-post from last Christmas Eve, when I shared the following about my favorite movies about the season. It is A Christmas Carol, the story of Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge written by Charles Dickens in 1843 during the industrial revolution in England. It was a dirty era and the plight of the poor was [...]
Posted in Reflections from Fellow Wanderers, The Wisdom of... on Dec 21st, 2011
The Third Joyful Mystery: The Nativity (Please click on the X in the video to close the Google Ad when it appears) Luke 2:6-12 (This is a different translation than the recording) And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her [...]
Posted in Reflections from Fellow Wanderers, The Wisdom of... on Dec 11th, 2011
Today we had our Christmas Basket drop-off at St. Patrick’s and once again the parishioners responded with generosity and kindness. More on this in a future post but for now, at the end of a long weekend I thought I would share one of my favorite quotes from Mother Teresa. She constantly reminds us that [...]
Posted in Reflections from Fellow Wanderers on Nov 28th, 2011
Last week week I had the opportunity to be part of a concert by Christian singer/song writer Steve Bell. Everyone that attended was deeply moved by the event. Steve Bell learned to play guitar in Drumheller penitentiary. He was only 8 years at the time and the son of the prison chaplain. From his home [...]
Posted in Reflections from Fellow Wanderers, Stuff for Wandering on Nov 26th, 2011
The No New Gifts Holiday Challenge is a post written on a blog called zenhabits by master blogger Leo Babauta. Leo has been at this blogging thing for a while now, runs multiple sites, has written several e-books. He has pioneered the idea of the “uncopyright” which means his ideas and stories are free for [...]
Posted in Big Questions, Reflections from Fellow Wanderers, Reflections from the Pulpit - Wandering with Deacon Mike on Nov 25th, 2011
Here is a comment I received about my November 20th Homily: Lord when did we see you!. The e-mail below is responding to my story about Nancy, a young woman who did time for a car crash that left a young mother dead. Dear Deacon Mike, I have to say your homily on Nov 20 [...]
Posted in Big Questions, Reflections from Fellow Wanderers on Nov 23rd, 2011
This Sunday the Catholic Church introduces the 3rd Edition of the Roman Missal. Basically some of the words of the mass will be changing so they are closer to the Latin text used by the Church for 450 years before Vatican II. In the video below, produced by Life Teen, you will get a fast [...]
