Hope
Selfless Saint
Our friend came over today and brought with her an article from the local Catholic Herald. It was the obituary of an elderly gentleman who I had met a couple of times. He was the founder of the Fostering Hope organization that I volunteered with a few years back. The goal of the organization was […]
Always Have God
Today was a particularly challenging day. As always, God showed up. It was in today’s meditation from “Jesus Calling” which my mom read to us after dinner. It said at the end, “You will always face trouble in this life. But more importantly, you will always have Me with you, helping you to handle whatever […]
Ancestors
I watched the Disney movie Coco last night. It gave an opportunity to think about the importance of family and all those who have gone before. Today a friend shared a graphic called Ancestral Mathematics that I thought was interesting and thoughtful as well. It counted back 12 generations – 4094 ancestors over about 400 […]
Already and Not Yet
I got out my mom’s new Word Among Us book today to start the month of November so she could follow along the readings as we watched All Saints Day Mass. The cover of the publication said, “Already and Not Yet”. That grabbed my attention. Then in the homily, the priest made reference to those […]
Positive Quotes
I saw several positive quotes today as people are clinging to faith, hope, and love and friends are sharing their wisdom. Here are some of them: For Jesus, there are no countries to be conquered, no ideologies to be imposed, no people to be dominated. There are only children, women, and men to be loved. […]
Imitation of Christ
Today I started listening to a podcast of “The Imitation of Christ” by Thomas a Kempis, on the Hallow app. It started out by acknowledging that the literature is challenging. But to encourage the listener, a quote was read from the book that could be beneficial in many situations, “Do not be detoured, nor quickly […]
Hope’s Daughters
Today is the Feast Day of St. Augustine of Hippo. A friend posted a wonderful quote from him: “Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are anger and courage. Anger at the way things are, and courage to see that they do not remain as they are.” I Found God today in a thoughtful quote.
Scruples
Today I was thinking of the past. I can be haunted by mistakes I have made and things that I wish were different. I decided to continue listening to a podcast of the life of St. Ignatius of Loyola. This particular chapter described how Ignatius suffered from “Scruples” defined as a condition of self-criticism and […]
Hope For the Future
I met with a friend at a park tonight. It was warm, but there were dark clouds all around. We talked about plans and hope, which seems to be my theme for the week. A friend of mine shared a quote the other day, “Mann Tracht, Un Gott Lacht”, an old Yiddish adage meaning, “Man […]
Heavenly View
I was talking with a friend tonight and remembered the morning I saw my dad in hospice at the hospital. I opened the blinds on the window and there was the mountain front and center. The moon was setting and I could see it was going to look as though it was touching the mountain. […]
Still Finding God 