My Morning Prayer petition and meditation for today… “Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God.” -Phillippians 4:6 Are you a creative Catholic? “The Catholicpunk Manifesto” is my new book exhorting Catholics to apply their faith to change the culture for the better! …
I chanced upon an interesting article that proposes a relatively “easy” take on beating addictions: You Don’t Need Help to Beat an Addiction or a Bad Habit—Just Yourself (Via Lifehacker.) The central premise of this idea is contained in the article’s third paragraph, which basically treats addictions like they are bad habits, and you have …
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This is a rare digression from the usual postings here, namely it is personal and FUN! (Well, sort of fun.) There is Something in our attic. Something big and lumbering. My wife and I think it is a raccoon, as it is their mating season and they usually take up residence somewhere to lay their …
This excerpt from the Responsorial Psalm for Thursday of the First Week of Lent is a hopeful reminder for us alcoholics and addicts about where help can reliably come from: Psalm 138:3:“When I cried out, you answered; you strengthened my spirit.” (Via USCCB.) Cry out to the Lord for help when things seem dark, when …
Today’s First Reading for Wednesday of the First Week of Lent is the story of Jonah and his trip to Nineveh. I have a post from 2 years ago… So Jonah went to Nineveh and this happened Are you a creative Catholic? “The Catholicpunk Manifesto” is my new book exhorting Catholics to apply their faith …
This excerpt from the Gospel for today’s Mass of Tuesday, the First Week of Lent has a rather troubling condition for people: Matthew 6:14-15: “If you forgive others their transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your transgressions.“ This is, of course, the …
As I posted earlier: Today is Catholic Media Promotion Day! Therefore, here are my picks: For my 3 blogs: I will place a dear, sweet, lady first: Dymphna’s Well, described as “Celebrating beauty in art, music, poetry and scripture.” I discovered Dymphna’s blog years ago. Long before I had my own computer I had made …
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Today is Catholic Media Promotion Day! Read Sean’s blogpost for details on how you can participate: Catholic Roundup 91- Catholic Media Promotion Day (Via Catholic Roundup.) Are you a creative Catholic? “The Catholicpunk Manifesto” is my new book exhorting Catholics to apply their faith to change the culture for the better! Know someone, perhaps yourself, …
I am posting a link to today’s complete Mass Readings as that is a bit easier that copying the text, as both the entire First Reading and the Gospel are important: Monday of the First Week of Lent (Via USCCB.) The First Reading is a lot of “thou shalt don’ts”. A lot of people are …
In this excerpt from the Gospel for the Mass of the First Sunday of Lent Jesus makes two very important points: Matthew 4:7-10: “…Again it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test.’‘Then the devil took him up to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of …