The Best Penance – St. Peter Damian
“The best penance is to have patience with the sorrows God permits. A very good penance is to dedicate oneself to fulfill the duties of everyday with exactitude...
Month: February 2025
An abandoned hunger
An abandoned hunger The need to belong Growls in its grave Deep within. Yet empty the tomb of Echoes of spirit The voice of the word Is hushed at the door. With...
Who Whispered to Eve? Who Whispers to You?
Who whispers to you? It must be someone to whom you are especially close, since physical closeness is required. Anything less would usually be described as my g...
Like the Rock in Horeb
I am like the Rock in Horeb, an island in the gray sea of the wasteland of Sin; unmoving, unhidden, stubborn to the stars. Strike me, break me open at the dry f...
With My Pockets Full of Olives
I was walking to The University, taking the long way for the wonderful views of endless pastures, and fresh woods. Soon, a growling in my belly distracted me en...
Hearts and the Holiness of Humility
You can’t help but feel smothered by hearts these days. Red hearts, pink hearts, fuzzy hearts, marble hearts. Hearts in silver, gold, and jewels. Hearts o...
What I Want to Be When I Grow Up
Watching the SpaceX rockets returning to earth vertically, accurately, and so gently into the arms of their launch tower is like witnessing a science fiction dr...
God is love – St. Charbel Maklouf
Before the beginning was love. Everything came to be through love, and without love, nothing that has existed since the beginning, or is now, or will be forever...