Colonel Dan Smith who authors one blogs on my blogroll has a familiar story in his post today. That is the story of St. Francis and the Sultan Malik al Kamil. Continue reading “St. Francis and the Sultan”
Love conquers all
I’ve just finished viewing a clip from This Week with George Stephanopoulos in which Newt Gingrich blames liberals for the Virginia Tech massacre. Continue reading “Love conquers all”
Romans 12 and other thoughts
Today Fr. Lou McCormick’s homily at Mt. Irenaeus was about the hope offered by the resurrection. He knew well that we had all been through a week marred by the massacre at Virginia Tech and the endless cycle of violence in Iraq and elsewhere in the world. Continue reading “Romans 12 and other thoughts”
People say, “What is the sense of our small effort?” They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time.–Dorothy Day
Be the change
Yesterday I read a comment from a reader and it made me want to expand more on what I have written. I am profoundly saddened by the destruction of our country Continue reading “Be the change”
The pursuit of happiness
In the midst of the tragedy at Virginia Tech today our president cited his support of the second amendment to the United States Constitution. Continue reading “The pursuit of happiness”
Blessed is the man
Blessed is the man
who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
or stand in the way of sinners
or sit in the seat of mockers. Continue reading “Blessed is the man”
The quiet place
One of the regular readers of this blog is a lovely and thoughtful writer whom I met through my old blog Continue reading “The quiet place”
Write your representative
I got an email today from the Friends Committee on National Legislation. I look forward to their messages in my inbox. They are a great organization. I’m proud to be a supporter of theirs.
Friends Committee on National Legislation’s
budget team calculates that 41 cents out of every dollar that you pay in 2006 Continue reading “Write your representative”
Did not our hearts burn within us?
I spent my evening tonight as the guest of the Friars at Mt. Irenaeus. I was invited there along with nearly two dozen other folks. The group was decidedly Franciscan. Continue reading “Did not our hearts burn within us?”