When I was a teenager, I remember asking my dad if he made New Year resolutions. He replied, “Nah, I’m perfect enough as is.” I don’t make New Year resolutions because I’m never in sync with the calendar. I make January 7th resolutions.
When I was a teenager, I remember asking my dad if he made New Year resolutions. He replied, “Nah, I’m perfect enough as is.” I don’t make New Year resolutions because I’m never in sync with the calendar. I make January 7th resolutions.
Well I look in the mirror What the hell happened to me? Whatever I had has gone away I’m not that young kid that I used to be So I push the hair back out of my face That’s okay, I knew this would happen But I was hopin’ not today Hey baby, I’m not […]
The following poem/prayer is by Fr. J. Michael Sparough, S.J. It originally appeared in the journal Presence, Vol. 1, Number 1, January, 1995. My spiritual director read it to me about two months ago from the book, A Retreat with Our Lady, Dominic and Ignatius. This poem/prayer hits the very center of everything for me. […]
I heard this excerpt quoted from Fr. Richard John Neuhaus (who passed away earlier this month) on the radio. It is from his closing address to the annual convention of the National Right to Life Committee held last July. (Read the whole talk). The culture of death is an idea before it is a deed. […]
Have you noticed the prevalence of skulls on clothing lately? Don’t people realize that skulls and bones have been symbols of death in every culture and in every time period throughout history? Come on people, skulls equal death. Is death what you really want to celebrate?
Today is the feast day for Saint Thomas Aquinas. I was pleasantly surprised to find the prolific theologian and philosopher, Doctor of the Church, and faithful Dominican priest also wrote poetry. I am not qualified to critique his style (or the translation), but his poetry mixes well a deep sense of faith with a lighthearted […]
Here is another poem from Saint Thomas Aquinas in honor of his feast day. This one expresses in poetic form some very deep theology on the nature of God and hints to mysticism not normally associated with the good doctor. Aquinas also shows his sense of humor in the self-deprecating jab at his weight. (Hint: […]