Tell Me Something Good
Frater Memento Mori
When a Subiaco monk dies, his funeral ends with his brother monks carrying his coffin, which one of the monks made, down the hill to the cemetery to be placed in a hole, which one of the monks dug, and each monk and guest shovels a scoop of soil back onto the coffin.
A Window to the Divine
“We view art as inherently transcendent–a window to the Divine and to the innermost reality of the human person and the world.”
We Dig Up Dead People
Once the cause for sainthood moves forward, the church then has permission to exhume the body.
October Light
I wonder if God places these subtle changes in the air to remind us that life is ever changing.
“There Ain’t No Dark ‘Til Something Shines”
Take the insight of a troubled and flawed poet, and trust “there ain’t no dark ‘til something shines,” and then go and leave the dark behind secure in the light.
Make Your House Catholic
Sometimes I go into a friend’s house and I am blown away by the Catholicness of their home.
Better Than A Bookclub
I love to read. I consider myself a fairly voracious reader finishing about two books a month.
St. Thomas Aquinas on Freedom, Free Will, and Willing
I can never spell “choose” and “chose” correctly. It’s one of my many weaknesses. It’s not that I’m lost in time, I just can’t spell. But it’s also ironic that I have a hard time spelling words for choice. I also have a hard time with the difference between “willing” and “free will,” between wanting … Read more
Freedom for Fullness
I encourage you too, to go into the tomb of Lazarus and see what is binding you to this world.