Posts by Ralph Patrick

“Just as the Father has loved me, so also I have loved you.  Remain in my love.” Jesus as recorded in John 15 “A three-strand cord is not easily broken.” Ecclesiastes 4:12 The eternal love of the Trinity which I wrote about last week is not a theological concept, nor a nice “other-worldly” idea, nor…

(The Serch Bythol) “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.  The earth was null and void, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the deep.  And God Spoke.”  Genesis 1 “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh . . . and the two…

“I bind unto myself today, the strong name of The Trinity.”  Opening Line of the Lorica of St. Patrick What part does The Holy Trinity play in your prayers?  Does it have any place at all? It is not uncommon to find the familiar Celtic symbol of the Holy Trinity in churches, crosses, and of…

“I bind unto myself today, the strong name of the Trinity.”  St. Patrick “Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God.”  Ephesians 6 What do you fear?  Perhaps more importantly, what do you do to protect yourself from those things that you fear? Fear is a driving force in our lives.  From the time we…

“When you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites . . . go into your room and pray to your Father in secret.”  Jesus “More and more did the love of God, and my fear of Him increase, and my spirit was moved so that each day I said up to a hundred prayers and up…

“Before I was humiliated, I was like a stone lying in deep mire, and He that is mighty came and, in His mercy, lifted me up, and raised me aloft, and placed me on top of the wall.” St. Patrick “And as Saul journeyed he came near Damascus, and suddenly there shine around him a…

“This is the disciple who had leaned on the heart of Jesus at the meal.” John 21:20 “Behold I stand at the door and knock.”  Jesus the Christ “Let My love open the door to your heart.”  Pete Townshend If you’re over the age of fifty, or a fan of Tony Bennet (Lady Gaga is),…

“Iona is a thin place, where only tissue separates the material from the spiritual.” George MacLeod, founder of the Iona Community “Lord, I love the place where your glory dwells.” Psalm 26 Where is the place, or places that you consider most sacred?  Someplace where you’ve visited, or perhaps gone on pilgrimage?  Or maybe someplace…

“Many daughters have done valiantly, but you have surpassed them all.” Proverbs “A man’s daughter is his heart.  Just with feet walking out in the world.”  Mat Johnson “She makes the world a better place.”  Jason One of the highlights of my week was attending a work farewell party for my daughter Meghan, who is…

“How wonderful it is to walk with God along the road which holy men have trod.”  Theodore H. Kitching “Almighty Father, Son and Holy Ghost . . . allow that I may keep a door in Paradise; that I may keep even the smallest door, the furthest door, the darkest, coldest door, the door that…