Good Friday… a day of the greatest sorrow and disappointment, and a day of greatness and magnificence and victory.     Thank you Jesus for giving your very life to save us from our sins. May we respond with our whole life in return. 

Originally Posted April 7, 2020 (Holy Week) A good friend of mine played the role of Thomas Moore in a rendition of “Man For All Seasons”. He did a very good job, but I knew he wasn’t Thomas More. He was playing Thomas Moore. Too often I can find that the words of the Passion … Continue reading  “Drama Of The Universe” →

Holy Week..... Originally Posted Mar. 30, 2021 “Holy week is a week of tenderness. All through the Gospel, from his birth right up to his death, the Lord exhibits much tenderness, especially in the way he treats the sinner.” (Catherine de Hueck Doherty, 3-29-21 edition of Magnificat). In Isaiah, it says, “A bruised reed he shall … Continue reading “Tenderness of Jesus” →

Today is the day of salvation! Today is the day! It’s not yesterday or tomorrow. It’s today! Clearly we can be grateful for the past and hopeful for tomorrow…but today is the day… today is the day of salvation. It’s all about now. I can impact my reality and my future, now…. today. When shall … Continue reading “Today Is The Acceptable Time” →

I don’t know about you, but at times I can find myself under spiritual attack. It can take the form of temptations to self pity or envy or discouragement. I might begin by focusing on a situation that objectively is not right, not fair, poorly done … and my analysis might be correct. But then … Continue reading “Be On Guard” →

Originally Posted March 1, 2021 Temptation can be viewed as  somewhat of a “dirty word”. The implication is that if you get tempted, than there’s something wrong with you. Yet in truth, everybody gets tempted…even Jesus got tempted. The one big difference with Jesus was that he didn’t ever succumb to temptation. “ For we have not a … Continue reading “Everybody Gets Tempted” →

Originally Posted Feb. 26, 2021 One of the worst things a person can hear is, “You have cancer”. Those words can take your breath away, with your mind quickly jumping to the worse case scenario…. “ it’s  terminal and you have only a short time to live.”  Yet, a even worse scenario is that a person … Continue reading “CANCER DOES NOT HAVE THE LAST WORD” →

I was just glancing thru an article entitled, “Blogging Fatigue—8 tips to get over your blogging blues.” I think “Blogging Blues” may be too serious a title. How about “Blogging Melancholy” or “Writers Despondency” or  Jotters Depression”. ...hmmmmm, better stick with Blogging Blues. Mr. Magoo The second tip from the article was “talk about pure fun” …. try and … Continue reading “Put The Fun Back In Blogging” →

I think most of us have heard the Chinese proverb, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step", i.e.  even the longest and most difficult ventures have a starting point; something which begins with one first step. But, the problem is often taking that first step. Discouragement can prevent us from taking that first step…. … Continue reading “ … A Long Journey, Time To Begin” →

Some days I feel very excited about putting my BLOG together… perhaps I have a message that has touched me, maybe a funny story that I believe will give everyone a laugh, or something that I think is really important. “Today, I’m just not feeling it…” Maybe it’s because we’re a few days away from … Continue reading “What’s Going On Here?” →