I said to the man who stood at the Gate of the Year, “Give me a light that I might go safely out into the darkness.” And he replied, “Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the Hand of God. That shall be more to you than a light, and safer than […]
May God draw faith, hope, and love in your heart every day this year.
This week’s Catholic Carnival will be hosted here at CowPi Journal. Last week’s was at Living Catholicism. To enter is simple. First, write a post on your weblog from a Catholic Christian point of view. Second, do the following: EMAIL Mark at mister.woo[at]gmail.com PLEASE put “Catholic Carnival” in the Subject (or the spam filter might […]
Happy New Year to all! Welcome to this week’s Catholic Carnival, a baker’s dozen of submitted writings from Catholic weblogs. In no particular order: The Night Litany by Lane at The Blog from the Core: Intercessory prayers for all kinds of people, considered in different ways, especially for use at night. Lord, have mercy on […]
We want to avoid a feast/famine pattern of prayer. It will not hold up under the influence of our constantly fluctuating feelings. Since late November, my prayer life has become rather inconsistent in intensity and frequency. (See this post). It seems that all sense of discipline has gone out the window. I don’t know what […]
Gratitude is the seedbed of joy. — Peter Kreeft Tom contemplates what is meant by “A Eucharistic Life”: We could say, then, that a Eucharistic life is a life of thanksgiving, of blessing God, of humble gratitude for everything and everyone; a life free of complaint, of claims of privilege, of accepting what other people give us […]
Julie D. has posted a list of books that she got from someone else. The game is to remove authors who you do not have in your library and replace them in bold with ones you do have. Here are mine: Thomas Merton Henri Nouwen Larry Niven Thomas Keating C.S. Lewis J.R.R. Tolkien Peter Kreeft […]
My daughter found this somewhere at LiveJournal:
What is hope? To want? To desire? To expect that what’s envisioned may indeed happen? YES to all of the above. Is hope that gut feeling that it’s worth holding out and hanging on for just a little longer? ABSOLUTELY. Is hope the core of human condition? CERTAINLY. Can […]
When Love speaks to you, believe in him, though his voice may shatter your dreams, as the north wind lays waste the garden. For even as love crowns you, so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth, so is he for your pruning. Even as he ascends […]
Lord, my God, teach my heart this day where and how to see you, where and how to find you. You have made me and remade me, and you have bestowed on me all the good things I possess, and still I do not know you. I have not yet done that for which I […]
Listen to a clip of this song by Syntax. and i believe in reinvention do you believe that life is holding the clue take away all the lonely moments give me full communication with you your smile, shine a little light, alright don’t hide, shine a little light give up on your pride do you […]
Last summer, Mark at Minute Particulars rephrased Camus’ famous statement about suicide in terms for a reasonable discourse on abortion: There is but one truly philosophical problem regarding abortion, and that is homicide. Judging whether an unborn child is or is not a human being amounts to answering the fundamental question of abortion. All the […]
There seems to be two sides to faith, as if faith was a coin that has been handed to us. One side of the “coin of faith” looks externally, that is, it looks outside of ourselves to others who have modeled and lived faith for us. It is in accepting their testimony that helps us […]
Listen to a clip of this song by Bebo Norman: I don’t want to care about earthly things Be caught up in all the lies that trick my eyes They say it’s all about me I’m so tired of it being about me I want to hide in You The Way, the Life, the Truth […]
I shall pass through this world but once. Any good therefore, that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again. — Author unknown