Prayers in Winter

(5/8/23) [“Even with darkness sealing us in, / We breathe your name, / And through all the days that follow so fast, / We trust in you; / Endless your grace, / Beyond all...

(5/6/23) [“While not seeing (You), (we) love (You); while not seeing (You) now, (we) believe in (You); all the while (we are) filled with joy both inexpressible and glorious” (I P 1:8; see also...

(5/3/23) [“Oh, to love what is lovely, and will not last! . . . to love what is mortal; / to hold it / against your bones knowing / your own life depends upon...

(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...