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Spirituality

Jun 1, 2023

A Prayer for Comfort

"Dear Lord, thank you that you are Jehovah Shammah–"the Lord is there". (Ezekiel 48:35)

A Prayer for Comfort

Jun 1, 2023

The Structure of Prayer

Formal Christian Prayer is a cornucopia of spirituality. Yet in the Roman Catholic tradition at least, two prayers stand out: Jesus' prayer, the Our Father, and the Hail Mary (Ave Maria).

The Structure of Prayer

Jun 1, 2023

Prayer for Restoration

"I long to see the nearing restoration..."

Prayer for Restoration

Jun 1, 2023

The Our Father

“This tiny prayer…is a cyber-wonks dream. The density of the information content is out of this world, quite literally!”

The Our Father

Apr 15, 2023

Tantum Ergo

Tantum Ergo

Apr 15, 2023

My Breastplate

My Breastplate

Mar 1, 2023

Beatitudes

“The eight beatitudes are a 'manifesto' for change, a change in the way we understand the world…behave in that world… (and) act toward one another.

Beatitudes

Mar 1, 2023

Psalm 151

“But deliver us from evil,” this last verse is the key to the entire prayer.

Psalm 151

Mar 1, 2023

The Porta Potty Perspective

"Job was, you might say, trapped in a Porta Potty right there in the desert, despairingly dejected and despondent."

The Porta Potty Perspective

Mar 1, 2023

The Fight for Our Children's Hearts Starts at Home

For a culture that values education, we seem to forget that our children need to be educated in the Word, not just the world.

The Fight for Our Children's Hearts Starts at Home

Jan 15, 2023

How the Saints Taught Me Feminism

"Finding footing in a world that appears to condone worshiping men can be incredibly hard, especially when that world extends past every aspect of your being."

How the Saints Taught Me Feminism

Jan 15, 2023

Escaping Dostoevsky's Polar Bear

"Try to pose for yourself this task: not to think of a polar bear, and you will see that the cursed thing will come to mind every minute.”

Escaping Dostoevsky's Polar Bear

Nov 30, 2022

What the Shepherds Saw When the Light Shone Upon Them

"What really is going on at that moment, which so grips the artist’s imagination, moving him to bend every effort of will and skill to re-produce, under the sign of paint, the precise reaction of the shepherds on first seeing the Holy Infant? "

What the Shepherds Saw When the Light Shone Upon Them

Nov 30, 2022

The Leading Player of Memories

Maybe that’s what Judy Garland meant in “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” when she sang “we’ll have to muddle through somehow?”

The Leading Player of Memories

Nov 30, 2022

Burn the Candle

"Are there things that are too precious to expose to real life? Things we’re afraid might get soiled? Maybe the most beautiful parts of ourselves? Maybe our faith?"

Burn the Candle

Oct 15, 2022

St. Paul’s Lord’s Prayer

“But deliver us from evil,” this last verse is the key to entire prayer.

St. Paul’s Lord’s Prayer

Oct 15, 2022

That Time You Saw Dead People--What's so scary about that?

What scared me was that something I never thought was possible just might be.

That Time You Saw Dead People--What's so scary about that?

Oct 15, 2022

Prayer for Forgiveness of Self in Difficult Times

Prayer for Forgiveness of Self in Difficult Times

Sep 1, 2022

Judas Taught Me the Beatitudes

This nasty turn unnerved me, so I gathered myself together and drew a table with my comfortable beatitudes on one side and my uncomfortable ones on the other...

Judas Taught Me the Beatitudes

Sep 1, 2022

Serenity Prayer

Is the Sermon ‘in the can’ after all?

Serenity Prayer

How to educate and evangelize in the “valley of the shadow of death," plus, original prayers and meditations as well as reflections on published prayers

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