Funny business
Yesterday I was having lunch with my mother. We were having a conversation about the consolidation of parishes in the Diocese of Buffalo, New York brought on by a shortage of priests to fill those vacancies. Mom’s parish, SS. Peter…
Thoughts
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…
Living with War and Lies
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…
Ubuntu
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…
Evenings of Re-Creation
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…
Merton’s Heart
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…
Cyprian Consiglio Concert
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…
Only Breath
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…
Franciscan Spirituality
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…
More Light: Love, again
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.…