Sep

29

777

September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment

A missed opportunity!
I’ve been trying to get a fallen-away Catholic I care about back to the Church.  I took a look at the Dow Jones from today and saw that it fell 777 points.  I made crack to him that if it had fallen 666 points, then we would have seen the churches packed this [...]

Sep

25

Wedding Rings

September 25, 2008 | 1 Comment

I’ve just read my evening political and religious blogs; most full of pessimism and doom; some with a bright ray of hope.
And as I read, I’m looking upon my wife’s rings - her engagement and wedding bands.  She ocassionally takes them off when she’s working on the computer.  As I gaze upon these symbols of my covenants of love for [...]

Sep

24

Pep Talk

September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I was in a meeting today with one of the most optimistic and positive thinking people I know.  And he was downright pessimistic.  “i’ve been busy watching the economy melt down,” he said to me.  I’ve seen this effect often in the past few weeks (sometimes even when I’m looking in the mirror).
Why the pessimism?  [...]

Sep

22

Air Force Marathon

September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment

This past Saturday, at about 8:30am, presented a beautiful and perfect morning; and I found myself 90 seconds from the start of the Air Force Half-Marathon. 
It was my second half-marathon; the first was in January down at Disney World.  This race was different because I did my first half-marathon with about half the training that I was supposed to do and [...]

Sep

21

Pessimism

September 21, 2008 | 1 Comment

There seems to be a great deal to be pessimistic about these days - an uncertain economy, a generation-defining election; historic turmoil in the financial markets; and Revelations-like global insecurity.  There is much for us to be worried about, especially considering that most of our anxiety is caused by events over which we have very little control.
So, I [...]

Sep

19

Our Responsibility to Our Daughters

September 19, 2008 | 1 Comment

I ended up lecturing my best friend today.  I didn’t mean to; it just came out that way.
The topic was daughters.
Mine is in first grade and growing up way too fast.  His is about to be born (his first child).
Somehow we had been on the subject of getting teenagers to wait to have sex.  He [...]

Sep

18

Tropical Storm Ike Hits the Queen City

September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I don’t know what’s going on but, over the past week, I’ve noticed that I’ve been getting a great number of reads on my July post concerning the Brown Scapular.  Interesting.  I wonder if Mary is doing some calling.
I’m finally back on track after the Great Queen City Blackout of 2008.  Sunday afternoon, Tropical Storm [...]

Sep

14

Triumph of the Cross

September 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Today is the Feast of the Triumph of the Cross.  It’s a good day to think about whether we have, at times, taken the Cross for granted.
I see crosses all around; sometimes displayed with devotion, other times not.  The focus of every Catholic Church is on the Crucifix behind the altar.  Catholic churches used to [...]

Sep

10

St. Paul & Marriage

September 10, 2008 | 1 Comment

Sometimes I get a little worried when I read St. Paul.  In today’s first reading (1 Corinthians 7), he is talking about marriage.
So this is what I think best because of the present distress:
that it is a good thing for a person to remain as he is.
Are you bound to a wife? Do not [...]

Sep

8

Happy Birthday, Mary!

September 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment

It’s Mary’s birthday - have you sent her some flowers today (saying a Rosary will do)?
I am not what you would consider a master of the obvious.  I was thinking this morning why Mary’s birthday is celebrated today.  And then I read something that clued me in that today is nine months to the day [...]

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