The Future is Open

Whenever feeling downcast, each person should vitally remember, “For my sake, the entire world was created.” Baal Shem Tov Technorati Tags:Bal Shem Tov, wisdom

I get a regular email from Every Church a Peace Church and through that I’ve become familiar with Karen Horst Cobb. I didn’t know until tonight that she has her own blog. I’ve added her to my links and I’m recommending this recent post, It’s Time for Reform. Technorati Tags:karen horst cobb, every church a … Read more

This parody came to me by way of one of my favorite blogs, Crooks and Liars. I am originally indebted to Jim Wallis at Sojourners for a link a couple of years ago to Crooks and Liars. It’s been one way of staying sane after listening to all the talking heads on network and cable … Read more

Each Friday night after work, Jimmy would fire up his outdoor grill And cook a venison steak. But all of Jimmy’s neighbors were Catholic….and since it was Lent, they were forbidden from eating meat on Friday. The delicious aroma from the grilled venison steaks wascausing such a problem for the Catholic faithful that they finallytalked … Read more

“There is nothing wrong with a traffic law which says you have to stop for a red light. But when a fire is raging, the fire truck goes right through that red light… Or when a [person] is bleeding to death, the ambulance goes through those red lights at top speed… Disinherited people all over … Read more

Happy St. Patrick’s Day to everyone Irish or not. This is a day almost as sacred as Christmas for the Irish. My earliest recollections of the day was being dressed in green and topped with a green hat and taken to the St. Patrick’s Day celebration at D’Youville College in Buffalo, New York, my Mom’s … Read more

As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds. The Buddha For more of these go to Gratefulness.org

Do you have a dead end job? Do you have to work with social cretins? Is life passing you by? Have you had it up to here with self help and motivational speakers? Maybe you’re ready for Demotivators.com. A friend of mine sent me this URL several years ago and its been a source of … Read more

Four or five years ago during Lent I heard a homily given by Fr. Lou McCormick, OFM. In it he spoke of a movie he had recently viewed. He had seen Chocolat. His comments inspired me to see the movie for myself along with my wife. We both thoroughly enjoyed the story line and I … Read more

Today while visiting Mt. Irenaeus I snapped a picture of this lovely painting that hangs above the mantle over the fireplace. It’s one of my favorite pictures of Our Lady and the Christ child. It really could be me that she is holding as she often has over the course of my life. Marian devotion … Read more