Archive for November 2022

“You may be admired for vigor, but gray hair gives prestige to old age.” Proverbs Thanksgiving is a holiday peculiar to the United States.   It’s not a Christian holiday, as many Christians believe.  Nor is it really based on Pilgrims and Native Americans.  It was dedicated as a day of national Thanksgiving by President Abraham…

“I believe in the Holy Catholic Church . . .” The Nicene Creed “It is only slightly less sad to see someone reduce their self to their beliefs than it is to see them reduce their self to their body.”[1] I believe in . . .  How would you fill in that blank?  Specifically, in…

“The human self is a vaporous and insubstantial thing”[1] “God created mankind in His image, in the image of God man and woman were created.” Genesis 1 Last week I wrote about being awake, and longing for the Divine.  In seeking God we are looking for the center of our Self.  That which defines us,…

“With exquisite kindness, God awakened desire within you, and binding it fast with the leash of love’s longing, drew you closer to Himself.” The Cloud of Unknowing “The awakening call to contemplative intimacy with God is then the awakening of a graced awareness of a secret communion with God which secretly and gratuitously begins to…