Contemplative Prayer 101, with lots of helpful links in the sidebar.
Category: Commonplace Book
I am a link in a chain
God has created me to do him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which he has not committed to another. I have my mission; I never may know it in this life, but I shall be told it in the next. I have a part in a great work; I am… Continue reading I am a link in a chain
The poison seed
“Each small meanness, each thoughtless expression of hatred, each envious and bitter act, regardless of how petty, can inspire others, and is therefore the seed that ultimately produces evil fruit, poisoning people whom you have never met and never will. All human lives are so profoundly and intricately entwined – those dead, those living, those… Continue reading The poison seed
The gift of emotion….
Dr Greg Popcak: ” …it’s important to remember that your emotions are God’s gift to you, and not the people around you.”
Must-read: “The Tragic Tale of State-Sponsored Eugenics in America”
Frank Weathers, with mucho documentation and linkage, lays it out: They were wronged is an understatement. We were wronged, and they were treated like animals. The stark realization hit me as I pondered another thought: unwritten histories lie waiting to be discovered in archives all around the country, and all throughout the world. Things known… Continue reading Must-read: “The Tragic Tale of State-Sponsored Eugenics in America”
Feeling ignored. Hmph.
Came up with a primitive Latin translation of Give Me That Old-Time Religion. Response from the Dark Lord and his readership (including the Glad Trad who’d suggested it)? Crickets. Hmph.
“Catholic quotes and sayings to make you think”
a nice little collection here. Via.
Typology with Mary Poppins?
This is genius: Mary Poppins as a symbol of the Blessed Virgin