Heard this song at the end of the episode “Custody” in the TV show Flash Point. (sound clip or video) You get lost in pursuit of glory We find ourselves locked in denial Ego has no intermission When it headlines every night, yeah Those mistakes you made don’t make you half a man There is […]
Various lines from Don Henley’s song, “The Heart of the Matter”: What are these voices outside love’s open door Make us throw off our contentment And beg for something more? — — — These times are so uncertain There’s a yearning undefined And people filled with rage We all need a little tenderness How […]
No one sin is too much for God to forgive. Sometimes that is hard to believe. Or maybe it’s too much to trust? If you think your sin is too bad, then it’s pride that is helping you to hold on to it instead of letting it go. Maybe you have become so attached to […]
In The Lord, Romano Guardini reflects on God’s forgiveness: Men actually did not know that God must be as he is in order to be able to forgive, for what they formerly meant by forgiveness was no true forgiveness, but a covering up, a looking away, a gracious ignoring, cessation of anger and punishment. Genuine […]
Before I found my faith, I had a real problem with the concept of original sin. The first time I attended RCIA classes with my wife, I used it as one of my excuses for dropping out of the classes. I remember someone describing original sin as a stain on humanity, that is all humans […]
Last Monday, my wife Roberta, our 8-month old son, and I were in a car accident. It was the other driver’s fault. At about the last possible moment, the other driver had attempted to pull out in front of me from a side road and make a left turn across my lane. Her transmission slipped, […]
On the last day of class, one of my seniors disrespected me in a major way. I have seen her show disrespect toward other teachers and students over the last two years, but the frequency has increased during the last month or so. On occasion, she would do little things to me too. But this […]