Ordinary Time “Be patient with everyone, especially yourself,” part of the Golden Counsels of St. Francis de Sales. Golden nuggets, sifted from a life time of devotion, simple, straight forward, practical and helpful. Gold, found in its natural form, sifted by prospectors from amidst rocks and sand, is not like the gold we wear in […]
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Ordinary Time Tis the season – the cold and flu season. Bugs are spread as people are confined inside due to the cold weather. Sniffles and coughing help to spread these germs. No-one is completely immune to then. They wreak havoc wherever they go, causing loss of days at work, loss of productivity. The sale […]
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Ordinary Time We fear the unknown more than the known. Even if the known is not favorable and frightening, we know how to deal with it and so hold on. Better the devil we know than the devil we don’t know. The pending presidency of Donald Trump fills many with free floating anxiety. As a […]
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Ordinary Time The parking lot at the local Planet Fitness is packed. I have to wait for a car to leave in order to find a spot. Inside, all of the bikes are taken. I have to wait my turn. New members are focused on their New Year’s resolutions. All I have to do is […]
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Ordinary Time – Season of Stability There is a time between Christmas and Lent, a time called ordinary time. Time to get back to work after the holidays, back to the basics of everyday living. Meetings postponed during December are scheduled for January, one after the other after the other. There is a mad rush […]
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What is so ordinary about Ordinary Time? An ordinary day? Is there ever truly such a thing? Each moment of each day is fraught with so much potential and yet we fritter away those moments, unaware of all that surrounds us. There is nothing that is ordinary in God’s eye. All of creation is touched […]
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A voice whispers late in the night, “You are my beloved child, in you I am well pleased.” Words God spoke to his Son thousands of years ago. Words God continues to speak to each of us if we but have ears to hear. With the celebration of the Baptism of the Lord, the Christmas […]
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Little sparrow, you’ve come to play on my window sill. Despite the cold, dead look of winter, life goes on. Perky sparrow, your chirps and darting flight remind me of this. Life hides under the snow, deep in the frozen earth. Life goes on, even when my loved ones have died and left me. Life […]
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Here they come again–memories of the promise that wasn’t kept, memories resurfacing when I least expect them, when I think I’ve finally dealt with the hurt. Here they come, those feelings I thought I had dealt with, feelings that caused me so much trouble earlier, tempting me with revenge, with helplessness, with despair. Here they […]
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From whence comes this recurring fear–this crippling, paralyzing fear–catching me unaware? Past experiences remind me I have reason to fear. Thus I never permit myself to be too happy; eventually fear will pull me, push me from rosy heights. Because of the past, I fear the future, always expecting disaster to be lurking around the […]
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