Spiritual Directions for the Journey
Posted in A Funny Thing Happened... on Mar 2nd, 2012
A distraught senior citizen phoned her doctor’s office. ‘Is it true,’ she wanted to know, ‘that the medication you prescribed has to be taken for the rest of my life?’ ‘Yes, I’m afraid so,’ the doctor told her. There was a moment of silence before the senior lady replied,“I’m wondering, then,Just how serious is my [...]
Posted in Reflections from Fellow Wanderers on Feb 27th, 2012
Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes. All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his. Men always want to be a woman’s first love – women like to be a man’s last romance. If we men married the woman [...]
Posted in Big Questions, Reflections from Fellow Wanderers, The Wisdom of... on Feb 27th, 2012
Forgiveness is not easy and not always possible. Reconciliation is a different action and not always possible. Here is a story of both and a lesson of how one moves on with life after a devastating loss.
Posted in The Wisdom of... on Feb 26th, 2012
We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed. –Brother Lawrence Who was: Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection (c. 1614 – 12 February 1691) served as a lay brother in a [...]
Posted in Reflections from Fellow Wanderers on Feb 24th, 2012
A friend is one who stands to share Your every touch of grief and care. He comes by chance, but stays by choice; Your praises he is quick to voice. No grievous fault or passing whim Can make an enemy of him. And though your need be great or small, His strength is yours throughout [...]
Posted in Big Questions, Reflections from Fellow Wanderers on Feb 19th, 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, Reflections from the Pulpit - Wandering with Deacon Mike on Feb 13th, 2012
As a follow-up to my homily – Looking up to God by reaching down, I wanted to post some more information about Fr. Greg and his book Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion. Here is a summary of the book: As a pastor working in a neighborhood with the highest concentration of [...]
Posted in Reflections from the Pulpit - Wandering with Deacon Mike, Stuff for Wandering on Feb 11th, 2012
Looking up to God by reaching down is the title I have chosen for today’s homily. Many people pray by looking up to heaven. There is nothing wrong with this. However, we often fail to realize that our God is all around us and to see him we may well have to reach down with [...]
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 the Pulpit - Wandering with Deacon Mike on Feb 8th, 2012
The story of Jesus healing the man with leprosy is found in all three of the synoptic gospels. This is a measure of the importance of this interaction in the minds of the evangelists. Mark is the only one, however, to include that Jesus was moved by compassion. Interesting? Mark 1: 40-42 And a leper [...]
Posted in The Wisdom of... on Feb 6th, 2012
Below is this week’s gospel Mark 1:40-45 about the healing of the man with leprosy. It is a story that appears is all of the Synoptic Gospels. Below is a post I did a while ago of a of Phillip Yancey talking about his modern day experience with a person who has leprosy. It is [...]
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 The Wisdom of... on Jan 29th, 2012
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 [...]
