Posts by Ralph Patrick

“What are you seeking?”  John 1:38 “Do not now seek answers which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them.  And the point is to live everything.  Live the questions now.” Rainer Maria Rilke How would you answer that question?  If Jesus were asking you instead of Andrew and the…

May 3, 2020 “Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, persevering in prayer.”  Romans 12:12 “What are you doing during these times?”  That seems to be a frequently asked question.   Common answers include “Getting outside”, “Catching up with house projects”, and “Binge-watching Netflix.”  How would our lives be different if we did what St. Paul is…

April 19, 2020 “As Jesus came near to Jericho a blind man sat by the wayside begging . . . and he cried out ‘Jesus, Son of David, have mercy upon me.” Luke 18:35,38 There are many silver linings to the current Covid crisis in this country. One is that it gives us ample time…

April 12, 2020 “Jesus, knowing that his time had come to depart to the Father, having loved his own he loved them to the end.” John 13:1 “Love runs deeper than any distance.”  That’s what Judy told me at 5:30 a.m. Monday morning.  Our paths crossed on our morning walk.  The brief conversation carried us…

Good Friday, 2020 Do not think of these sufferings as though something strange were happening to you.  St. Peter I do not consider these present sufferings worthy of being compared to the glory that is yet to be revealed.  St. Paul Both Peter and Paul were familiar with suffering.  Death in Christ was their way…

April 5, 2020 “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; My peace is not like the world’s kind of peace.  Don’t let your heart be troubled, and don’t be afraid.”  John 14:27 On Sunday I wrote about walking in the sacred serenity of God’s open space surrounded by breathtaking views and…

“Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty; the WHOLE EARTH is full of His glory”. Isaiah 6:3 Today I worshipped in The Cathedral of Creation.  It is the first one ever built by the Master Architect; God.  St. Francis once said that nature was the first bible ever written, which makes the case for…

Feb. 2, 2020 “When the time came for her purification according to the law of Moses . . .”  Luke 2:22 “There is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” Galatians 3:28 “Again a voice from heaven answered a second time, ‘What God has cleansed no longer consider unholy.” Acts…

“It is not good for people to be alone”.  Genesis 2:18 “I am with you always . . .”  Jesus “All the lonely people, where do they all come from?”  The Beatles Eleanor Rigby and Father McKenzie were lonely.  And alone.  So is most everyone at some time, maybe many times in our lives.  Are…