I got some friends on Facebook and elsewhere who’ve taken umbrage with Mr. Obama refer to Kanye West as a “jackass.” I don’t follow Kanye West at all and I didn’t see the video music awards, but if the President of the United States of America refers to an individual with that epithet, I say [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Gospel’
Holy is His Name
Posted in Catholic, Christian, Christianity, Jesus, Marian, Mt. Irenaeus, Music, Peace, Spiritual, gratitude, prayer, tagged Franciscan, contemplative, Mt. Irenaeus, Gospel, John Michael Talbot on September 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I love this song by John Michael Talbot. In fact as I listened to it Sunday morning on my drive over to Mt. Irenaeus I could not stop crying. The gift of tears is wonderful at times. It is such a lovely song I’m including it for you to listen too. Maybe it’s just [...]
Eremo
Posted in Mt. Irenaeus, gratitude, mindfulness, mystic, tagged Franciscan, contemplative, Mt. Irenaeus, Gospel, eremo, Franciscan Sojourners, weakness, strength on July 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today I was back at Mt. Irenaeus after a week away. Today was the culmination of a Franciscan Sojourners retreat and though I was not a part of the retreat there were many familiar faces among those that were there for that event. Fr. Dan Riley, OFM is an eloquent homilist and today he was [...]
He who is without sin..
Posted in News, democracy, pundits, tagged contemplative, Gospel, John Ensign, Mark Sanford, Sonia Sotomayor on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We are surrounded by scandal. It’s all over the news and the pundits are having a field day. Lately it’s been Mark Sanford and John Ensign. Before that it was Larry Craig and Eliot Spitzer, Bill Clinton and the list goes on. Politicians have been trying to score points by claiming family values and the [...]
A blessing
Posted in Mt. Irenaeus, Spiritual, St. Bonaventure University, gratitude, mindfulness, mystic, tagged Baha'i, Catholic, contemplative, Dan Riley, Franciscan, Gospel, Mt. Irenaeus, Muslim on July 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today I made my way along a number of different roads and routes to Mt. Irenaeus. I haven’t been to the Mountain in a couple of weeks. Last week I found myself in Washington, DC and at a bookstore in Dupont Circle at 11:00 AM. Today, the air was sunny and warm as I pulled [...]
Well pleased
Posted in Fredonia, gratitude, tagged Gospel, gratitude, SUNY Fredonia on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tonight our daughter called to inform us that she has been awarded an Excellence in Student Teaching from the State University at Fredonia where she will graduate in nineteen days. Dara has excelled in her four years at college. Beginning with three semesters at Nazareth College and then the last five semesters at State University [...]
Radical Mercy and Forgiveness
Posted in Christian, Christianity, Jesus, Thomas Merton, forgiveness, mystic, tagged contemplative, forgiveness, Franciscan, Gospel, Jesus, mercy, Richard Rohr, Thomas Merton on April 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today a friend called to tell that another friend had died and suddenly at that. The fellow who died was a very good friend and I’ll miss him a lot. He was a good friend. We’d spent quite a bit of time together this winter. We’re both fathers and Navy veterans and both drove PT [...]
They sure as hell love each other
Posted in Catholic, Christianity, Mt. Irenaeus, St. Bonaventure University, gratitude, mystic, prayer, tagged Franciscan, contemplative, basketball, Gospel, mount irenaeus, St. Bonaventure University, Anthony de Mello, Dan Riley on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A tourist says to his guide, “You have a right to be proud of your town I was especially impressed with the number of churches in it. Surely the people here must love the Lord.” “Well,” replied the cynical guide, “”they may love the Lord, but they sure as hell hate each other.”–taken from “Selected [...]
