A Blog by LeRoy Friesen
(4/10/23) O Lover, Wary of the sacrificial bent of Roman Catholic liturgies, especially during the Triduum, I set aside time this Holy Week for reading and pondering Meister Eckhart, OP (c.1260-1328). Given the numerous...
(4/6/23) [“We shall not cease from exploration / And the end of all of our exploring / Will be to arrive where we started / And know the place for the first time” (T....
(3/16/23) O Lover, Of late I have noticed a new item in my consciousness. Teutonic in origin, this adage, a metaphorical one, proscribes the throwing out of the baby with the bathwater. Upon reflection...
(3/16/23) [“(M)ay no adversity paralyze you. Be afraid neither of the world, nor of the future, nor of your weakness. The Lord has allowed you to live in this moment of history so that,...
(3/4/23) O Lover, In recent months my wife and I, now co-residents of octogenaria, have been responding to our parish’s invitation to submit written guidance for our respective funeral Masses. Amid this rich dialogical...
(2/22/23) [“And I fear God no more; I go forward to wander forever / in a wilderness made of His infinite mercy alone” (Jessica Powers, OCDS, SPJP, 1).] O Lover, Over the years I...
(2/9/23) [“Grave psychological disturbances, anguish, or grave fear of hardship, suffering, or torture can diminish the responsibility of the one committing suicide. We should not despair of the eternal salvation of persons who have...
(1/25/23) O Lover, On the overcast and sleeting 3rd Sunday of ordinary time, “in the bleak mid-winter,” I was preparing myself for Mass as I do weekly by listening to the “Sing for Joy”...
(1/8/23) O Lover, We recently celebrated the Feast of the Epiphany, the self-manifestation (“showcasing”) of Your Euangélion (“Good News”) to all the nations. The gospel reading was from Matthew (2:1-12) tracing the trek of...
O Lover, Recently I have been becoming aware of another of Your startling and exquisite gifts: synesthesia (syn[“together”] + esthésia [“perception”]). Synesthetes experience one or more of the senses through eitheryet another sense and/or...