Today I read the following statement regarding the Beatitudes:

It has become glaringly clear to me that our so-called economic ‘experts’ don’t really have the slightest idea what the hell is going on with the economy, why the whole thing seems to have come crashing down or how to fix it.  At any given time you can turn on any/… Read full post »

We separate ourselves from others in various ways and we get ourselves into trouble by doing so.  For example as a lifelong (sometimes sporadic and occasionally failing) Catholic I’ve noticed over the years that we Catholics have a tendency, church sanctioned I might add, of praying to sai/… Read full post »

No... it's only Derek Jeter.  But by the way all of those reporters and camera people are hanging on his every word one might excused for thinking it is Jesus.  Surely this is what it was like (sans cameras and microphones) two thousand years ago on the banks of the… Read full post »

Another spring training is upon us which generally means that a girls thoughts turn to baseball.  Well this girls thoughts do anyway and might I just say that I am a little uncomfortable with the amount of money my Yankees have spent on free agents this winter. Yes, it is their… Read full post »

Here in Connecticut the last couple of days it’s all about the chimpanzee that attacked that poor woman  inflicting what is apparently considerable, life-threatening damage.  So this evening’s newscast has a segment whereby the roving reporter of the moment is on the scene and i/… Read full post »

Today I’m having trouble understanding the mindset of some people that causes them to troll the internet looking for opportunities to spread their unique brand of personal unhappiness in the form of unkind comments in response to the thoughts of others.  I’ve noticed a few traits tha/… Read full post »

That’s the struggle, because we never know for sure.  And if we cannot see it, touch it, hear it, smell it than it can be near impossible to define it, put order to it, make sense of it and ultimately know it.

That world, that spiritual world that exists right here… Read full post »

It is amazing the way God imbues us with knowledge.  From the Oxford English dictionary  ‘Imbue’:  To fill with feeling, qualities or emotions and from Myriam Webster: to permeate or influence.  I think a more complete definition combines the two and adds a little extr/… Read full post »