“Fear Not!”
(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,...
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Transition Prep
(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...
The Decisive Turn
(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...
Petitions for a “Lost One”
(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...
“Hymn to the Creator of Light”
(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”...