Front page news in today’s Olean Times Herald is an article about how a particular church in the Olean, New York area will be having classes for interested persons to explain what is true and what is false in the wildy popular movie and book, “The Da Vinci Code”. The article brought a smile to … Read more
I recently purchased Neil Young’s latest album, “Living with War”. I’ve listened to album perhaps a dozen times and I find the lyrics captivating. I don’t know how well this album has sold but it raises interesting questions and the voice of the counter culture that seeks a truth that isn’t being told on major … Read more
I haven’t written much about software. That’s the fuel of the Information Age. If it weren’t for software even the most rudimentary the world wide web and our information culture wouldn’t exist. Since 1999 I’ve been using Linux. In fact it’s the software platform from which I do most of my work. Since my first … Read more
Mount Irenaeus, Franciscan Mountain Retreat is announcing their summer evenings of Re-Creation. The theme this year is “God’s Word is Light and Love for Us.” The format for these evenings is Eucharist at 4:45 pm., a dish-to-pass supper, followed by a 90 minute program that’s focus is Holy Peace Chapel. This summer’s dates, presenters and … Read more
Tonight found me on the campus of St. Bonaventure University. As I parked my car near the Reilly Center I looked south toward a clearing on one of those low foothills south of the campus. A large open space that on other hills might only be a meadow is called by local residents and students … Read more
Cyprian Consiglio will be performing in concert at the St. Bonaventure University Chapel on the campus of St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, New York at 7:00 pm. Sunday June 11, 2006.I have a couple of Cyprian’s CDs and have had the pleasure of hearing him in concert before. He is a monk of the Camaldolese … Read more
Mevlâna Jalâluddîn Rumi translated by Coleman Barks Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not HinduBuddhist, sufi, or zen. Not any religion or cultural system. I am not from the Eastor the West, not out of the ocean or up from the ground, not natural or ethereal, notcomposed of elements at all. I do not exist, … Read more
Paula’s recent posts at MoreLight have gotten me to thinking again of a lovely article about the Incarnation in Franciscan Spirituality written by Seamus Mulholland. Seamus is a Roman Catholic Friar who lectures at Canterbury in England. It’s a great article and I highly recommend it. Here are some of my favorite passages, “The Incarnation … Read more
I love the writings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers. Paula has one of their insightful tidbits. I need to remember what they wrote everyday because I easily slip into self-centeredness and away from the life I am called to. Peace. More Light: Love, again Technorati Tags:desert fathers, love, peace, mercy
I received the following meditation in my email today and was encouraged by the sender to forward it. Meditations for God’s Peaceful People by Karen Horst Cobb There is a perfect cycle to growing peas. Vegetable scraps are thrown over the fence and gobbled up by hungry goats and chickens. The treats result in dung, … Read more
