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April 2014

April 10, 2014

Lent Day 37: One Holy Catholic Apostolic

One familiar prayer associated with Catholicism is the Nicene Creed. Like many a mission statement...

April 09, 2014

Lent Day 36: National Poetry Month

April is National Poetry Month! The Catholic Gentleman posted a blog about some Catholic poets you...

April 07, 2014

Lent Day 33 and 34: The A Word

I know. I'm being more inconsistent than a soap opera lately. I have no excuses.But...

April 06, 2014

Lent Day 32: Get To Know Me

Fr. Robert Barron's Lenten Reflection echoes one of my earlier Lenten Blogs.But thankfully, my friends...

April 05, 2014

Lent Day 31: What is Love?

Fr. Robert Barron's Lenten Reflection talked about how compassion and forgiveness became God's weapons as Jesus...

April 04, 2014

Lent Day 30: The Thorn in the Flesh

Fr. Robert Barron's Lenten Reflection and Pope Francis's homily today seem to coincide with what I'm going...

April 02, 2014

Lent Days 27-29: Waiting In The Desert

There were a few reasons I didn't write the past few days.Monday's Lenten Reflection talks about how...

March 2014

March 31, 2014

Lent Day 26: Temporary Home

Fr. Robert Barron's Lenten Reflection today reminds me of a CS Lewis quote:If we find...

March 30, 2014

Lent Day 25: Pushed to the Limit

Fr. Robert Barron's Lenten Reflection asks "What Can The Saints Teach us About Lent?"In his reflection,...

March 28, 2014

Lent Day 23: Life On The Autistic Spectrum

Fr Robert Barron's Lenten Reflection talks about how humanity is spiritually broken and that everyone is...

March 27, 2014

Lent Day 22: Nostalgia-You Can’t Take It With You

Nostalgia is a very weird thing. What's nostalgic for some may not be nostalgic for...

March 24, 2014

Lent Day 19 and 20: This Day In History

Sorry for not posting yesterday. Fr. Robert Barron's reflection that day was about how Sunday...

March 22, 2014

Lent Day 17: The Stations of the Cross

Fr. Robert Barron's Lenten Reflection today talks about the importance of self-denial. It's best summarized with...

March 21, 2014

Lent Day 16: Friendship and Holiness

I wrote a post about friendship back when I was looking through CS Lewis's The Four...

March 20, 2014

Lent Day 15: St. Joseph is Awesome!

Fr. Robert Barron's Lenten meditation for today talks about how the ego gets in the...

March 18, 2014

Lent Day 13: Aftermath

At the end of the retreat I staffed yesterday, there was a talk about how...

March 17, 2014

Lent Days 10-12: The Post-Retreat Reflection/Megapost

If any of y'all are wondering why I didn't blog for the past three days,...

March 13, 2014

God will give you more than you can handle: I guarantee it.

March 13, 2014

Lent Day 9: For Such a Time as This

One of my favorite Old Testament books is the book of Esther. The Jewish holiday...

March 13, 2014

Lent Day 8: Sink or Swim

The first week of Lent for some people can be a period of denial. "I...

March 12, 2014

Lent Day 7: Distracted

Fr. Robert Barron's Lent Reflection for today advised the subscribers to try and reduce distractions...

March 10, 2014

Lent Day 5: The Marathon to the Finish

Fr. Robert Barron's Lent Reflection today talks about what the finish line for Lent is:...

March 09, 2014

Lent Day 4: Joy and Fear

Fr. Robert Barron's Lent Reflection focuses on an extraordinary woman named Mother Teresa, who lived out...

March 08, 2014

Lent Day 3: Broken, Refined, Polished, Restored

Fr. Robert Barron's Lent Reflection today compared humanity as diamonds covered in the muck of...

March 06, 2014

Lent Day 2: The Virtue of Humility

Fr. Robert Barron's Lent Reflection for today reflects on the virtue of humility. There's a quote...

March 06, 2014

Lent Day 1: Ash Wednesday

Today, I learned a lesson in patience. I got an e-mail from my Sunday School...

February 2014

February 28, 2014

Four Loves Friday: Agape AKA Charity

To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly...

February 21, 2014

Four Loves Friday: Philia AKA Friendship

Sorry again for not updating on Tuesday. I've come up with an idea on what...

February 15, 2014

Four Loves Friday: Storge AKA Affection

To paraphrase a well-known quote, if love was rain, Storge or Affection would be drizzle...

February 09, 2014

Four Loves Friday (Late due to Sochi)

Eros is probably the most well known and also the most misunderstood of the Four...

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