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Category Archives: 3-Interior life
Friend of Jesus gets a reprieve: Today’s gospel gives a vivid picture . . .,God on earth in a memorable exercise of divine power . . .
Illinois bishop calls a cardinal heretical, says he has disqualified himself from voting in a papal enclave, argues with alarming consistency. Harbinger of very bad things? . . . ., Serious business here . . .
Chicago’s Cardinal Cupich on a mercy bender? Ignores the other side of Jesus. Two sides to the Savior, however . . . ,Jesus had much to say by way of conversation-stoppers. Would be imprudent to ignore them . . .
Chicago Cardinal came a-cropper in welcoming all and sundry to Communion? Commentators find fault with him for ignoring the state-of-grace requirement . . ., Rewriting doctrine on the fly? . . .
Ran out of time? Not enough of it for what you want to do? It happens., But think about when there was no time at all.
Today’s Communism a shadow of its former self. Leftism gone astray. Society’s offal its focus, Marx and Engels would say . . .,In fact, Marx and Engels did say.
Church Reporter: Sinful sermons
The Man Who Could Not Pray, a believer and his journeys in the way of prayer
Chapter One, The Man Goes to Church
Minister Friendly . . . The man dropped into church on Ash Wednesday for his annual reminder that he is dust and unto dust he will return only to be told by a feverishly smiling woman-with-ashes that God loves him, or something in that line. She did not tell him to have a nice day, he silently thanked her for that.
He believed God loves him and did not object to being reminded of it. But what about “Dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return”? He believed also in resurrection, but what about death? It comes first, doesn’t it? Medieval monks kept a skull on the desk before them. As just such a reminder, he presumed.
This wasn’t the man’s first happy-face reminder on Ashes Day. Funeral masses had not involved black vestments for ages, giving way to white ones, which…
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Skies are cloudy and gray? Only gray for a day . . .
Wrap your troubles in the awareness of God . . .
Were the Society of Jesus to be dissolved, Ignatius once conjectured, it would take him 15 minutes of prayer to reconcile himself. Francis de Sales was once asked how long he went without being aware of the presence of God; his response, too, was 15 minutes.
For both masters, abandonment and holy indifference capture how they lived their lives and instructed those who follow them. To put it bluntly, each will spot us 15 minutes to get refocused on letting God lead us and not vice versa.
. . . and dream your troubles away? Not exactly. Something better here? You don’t know until you try it.
Dominus Vobiscum: Notes from a massgoer's underground 