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A friend sent me this link. I hope that you get something out of this meditation.It hit me right where I needed it. Follow this link…

Reading today’s news I could see where on the eve of a truce Hezbollah had fired 450 rockets into Israel and Israel also seeking to gain an advantage had put more troops into southern Lebanon. Will this sort of peacemaking work? Of course not. It’s simply more of the same. It’s another way of hitting … Read more

I came upon this quote today on my way to Mass at Mt. Irenaeus. Fr. Lou’s homily mirrored much of what I’ve been writing about this week. I’d never seen this quote from St. Francis before but I immediately loved it. “Keep a clear eye toward life’s end. Do not forget your purpose and destiny … Read more

I have a special prayer intention that I’d like some prayer for. If you will pray that God’s will be done in my case then that will be more than sufficient. Thank you for your time and your prayers. Peace.

In reflecting on my post “Romans 12” and the comments, which are the most any of my posts have ever generated, I feel the need not to clarify but to further examine more of what and how I think. I am attempting not to scapegoat anyone. In dealing with others especially those not like us … Read more

Today’s news of a terrorist plot to down up to ten airliners traveling to the United States is very troubling. How can we stop such events from occurring? Conventional wisdom and especially conventional political wisdom seems to favor the fostering of xenophobic reactions. With the war in Iraq going badly, the carnage of Israel and … Read more

“Eyes see only light, ears hear only sound, but a listening heart perceives meaning.” –David Steindl-Rast

Today’s news seemed to be filled with justification for the continuing war on terror. Pundits like Bill O’Reilly were even calling for a limited draft. There’s humor in that Bill himself dodged the draft during Vietnam, but I’m digressing from the more important point of the false promise of war. Fighting for peace is readily … Read more

I’m a regular reader of the Dilbert Blog. It’s more fun than reading the news and it’s probably nearly as accurate. There is no pretense that Scott Adams is anything more or less than a cartoon editor and publisher unlike the producers of CNN, Fox and the major network outlets. It’s author has an entertaining … Read more

I came across a really thoughtful piece written by an author I’d never read before and I think it is worth sharing. Certainly from the beginning, strangers could be dangerous. They could be part of a raiding party, or loners thrown out of their own tribes for breaking some critical taboo. We probably have in … Read more