Poem for a Louisiana flood
Cast away my fear, cast away my doubt.Draw me to your shores of everlasting love.Water rises at my foundation even as I think it's strong.Carry me through the waters.Hold me high above the flood.Though...
View ArticleBlueberry Pancakes on a Stick
To God be all glory.I found myself completing a crossword puzzle yesterday. It was something new to me because I've never had the patience to sit and think about the clues. But I have found myself...
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Magnitude of Faith
What is the magnitude of faith?Is magnitude a capacity of reach or an extent of which it reaches? How many factors are included? Can be included? If magnitude was measure of faith, which factors and...
View ArticleAnnihilation Method for Beginners
This semester I am taking differential equations. While failing miserably, (there is a slight chance I may pass) I am always seeing the Glory of God in the little things.The idea of 'zero' has been...
View ArticleTomorrow everything is different
When Jesus came to prepare the hearts of men he was patient and kind. He was completing a Herculean task, a Savior's task.Can you imagine Him sitting next to you and saying to you, "What if tomorrow,...
View ArticleDeath by Sunday Brioche or Love beyond the Food
Lent has come to an end this year again with the celebration of Easter. I love Easter but I always seem to be terrible at practicing Lenten observances. In order to counter act the bad practices I...
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Answering
God rises in my soul each day in my first waking thoughts. Sometimes it's because I love Him and most times it's because I am asking for His divine mercy because of my faults. Either way, I walk a...
View ArticleThe Teapot calling the Kettle Black
It has taken me all day to realize my own pridefulness in a seemingly simple situation. I was so upset, I didn't really hear anything said to me for an hour while I tried not to cry. I wasn't...
View ArticleLong Walks
A priest friend recently tackled the El Camino. I love his reflections from the walk. As it should, it makes me think of my own long stride toward God's will.This year I will turn another year older...
View ArticleCall to Arms
Will there be a call to arms for the spiritual heart of man in the same way there has been a call to reduce climate change or a rising up against social and racial inequality? Truth at its heart is...
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Goalie for the Save, or Forming Your Conscience for the Goal
One of the most important things in life is to form the conscience. Building your conscience is like building a Great Wall against the turning tides and emotions of both your own humanity and the...
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Comfort in the Rosary
Growing up, we had a small clock on the living room fireplace that had to be wound by hand on a regular basis. I liked watching my dad wind it. I liked the sound so much so that when I couldn't...
View ArticleThe Great Silence
Robert Cardinal Sarah's book The Power of Silence is like stepping back in time and rereading the profound encyclicals of Pope Saint John Paul II. Words describing the essence of silence include...
View ArticleA Sense of Failure
The times that I experience or think about my failures are always preempted by a lack of prayer. I am the first to admit this because thankfully through prayer it has been revealed to me. But I am...
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Our Lady of Sorrows
Our Lady of Sorrows references the sufferings of Mary the Mother of Jesus. The sorrows are 1. The prophecy of Simeon 2. The Flight into Egypt 3. The Loss of Jesus in the Temple 4. The Meeting of Jesus...
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The Great Implosion of a Dream
This summer my dream of becoming a chemical engineer died. My dream of becoming any kind of engineer died. Though I prayed for supernatural understanding, which I believed I received, I still...
View ArticleConsolation of Jesus
I have wanted to write about the consolation of Jesus for months now. This draft has been sitting in my saved box for a while. I don't think it can be described in one small reflection. I can say...
View ArticlePrayer for 2018
I wrote a prayer for 2018. I want to post it here for my own sake, so I can look back at the great grace Jesus allows me to experience at times. This one is not grand, but quite simple. I long for...
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Lent 2019
Happy Lundi Gras! History of Mardi Gras in Biloxi, Mississippi.https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3984b.ct000659/?r=-0.327,-0.014,1.556,0.815,0As I prepare for Lent 2019, I am in a new city. Biloxi, MS...
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Ash Wednesday 2019
The priest at noon mass today was the vibrant Irish type. "I like the splatter method, and you can do what you will with that!" He started to sing the the remembrance of ashes as he passed them out....
View ArticleThe Great Small Acts of Kindness
My neighbor cut the grass in my yard while I was at work Friday. I think he has one of those large mowers that do it really fast. It would have been super great if he hadn't have scalped to the...
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Mysteries of the Rosary: Hope
At the beginning of Lent 2019 I had hoped to write on my blog as much as I could. My main computer promptly died and I had no access to a keyboard at home. Good intentions count for Lent right? I am...
View ArticlePrayer for 2020
Seven months late is okay right??? In January, I was still living in 2019. Then all kinds of hell broke loose and here we are. Here is my sincere prayer for 2020:Glory to God.When life goes in a...
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Check in to all of my readers! Where Y’at?!!? I have moved to a nice little garden home with flowers. God is very good. I was quite stressed out about things that I had no control over but I...
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