I am leaving in just a moment for a meeting over which I am rather intrigued.  Also on the slate today, I am to call a priest regarding potential spiritual direction with him and I have to return a call from the UIA regarding my unemployment status.  I'm pretty sure the unemployment call will just involve them telling me that I should stop ( Read more... )

So much for my plans for the day -- ah well; tomorrow, God willing, is another one.  Having some migraine problems lately -- can't really think straight today until it subsides, so here's the reflections; personal blatherings to be shared later......

I'm very grateful for our 24/7 Chapel.  How comforting it is to know that regardless of what sort of ( Read more... )

           The crucial question is whether you should pray always and whether your prayer is necessary.  In one's spiritual life, the stakes are all or nothing!  If someone says that it's good to turn to God in prayer for a spare minute, or if he grants that a person with a problem does well to take refuge in prayer, he has as much as admitted that ( Read more... )

Despite our recourse to measures designed to protect us from our own vulnerability, Saint Paul recognizes that we cannot escape the trials that accompany being human. Our attempts to be invincible can obscure the truth that the author of our humanity remains faithfully turned toward us.  God stands ready to supply the strength we need and lead us ( Read more... )

I am so very grateful for the 24/7 Chapel and weekly Adoration with Benediction.  :)

Jen and I were talking the other day about the blessings that our entire family has received which would not otherwise have been, had I not been terminated from my last position.  It is always so easy, in retrospect, to see God's hand at work in all things ( Read more... )

Great reflections which certainly speak to me today -- will add more later if I get home with a reasonable amount of coherence......  Kind of buried this week at work as we approach Holy Week, but this is a good thing!  No complaints regarding lots of work to do ( Read more... )

Most steps toward greater openness and awareness are preceded by a certain amount of fear and risk.  The road ahead cannot be fully predicted in advance, and no ultimate security can ever be found.  In the end, if we are to move forward, we move ahead in spite of fear, and not because we have none ( Read more... )