Monthly Archives: March 2014
No Less Than The Trees And The Stars
Is it just human folly to think I am the center of the universe? For the longest time, men thought the universe revolved around the earth, and, by extension, around man. We now realize we are but a small planet … Continue reading
Being Good Is Doing Good
For a long time, I understood being good as avoiding doing bad and evil things: thou shall not steal; thou shall not kill; thou shall not commit adultery; thou shall not bear false witness. I am not a thief nor … Continue reading
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Tagged Doing good, Grace, Service
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A Day In My Life
Yesterday, we visited Joe for the last time. We went to his funeral mass. I remember him guitar in hand, singing his songs with a coterie of young children trailing behind him. He brought joy and happiness wherever he went. … Continue reading
Posted in Character, Family, Friendship, Life, Photography, Presence
Tagged Beauty, Poetry, Serendipity
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Salvation Even For Tax Collectors
Taxes are an essential element when people live together in communities. They are as old as history and as certain as death. They are necessary to pay for common needs and services of the community as well as to provide … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Encounter, Sin
Tagged Grace
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Authentic Fasting
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. I am more than just my physical body. Science has pretty much documented our bodily functions, including how thoughts are created in the human brain. But science stops there. How … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Science, Spirituality
Tagged Discipline, Doing good
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Surpises and Contradicitons
Life is full of surprises and contradictions. I have come a long way from the small town of Angeles where I grew up to be living in San Jose California now. My journey has been full of surprises. As a … Continue reading
My Lenten Journey
In Evangelii Gaudium, Pope Franics reminded us that “Being a Christian is not the result of an ethical choice or a lofty idea, but the encounter with an event, a person, which gives life a new horizon and a decisive … Continue reading
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Tagged Choice, Discipline, Doing good, Prayer
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The Fullness of Life
Life is good and it is great to be alive. Man’s deepest yearning is to remain alive, to live life in its fullness, to live forever. Man’s greatest fears are those that would deny him this fullness of life. Like … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Life, Relationships, The Good News
Tagged Grace, joy, Suffering
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Amazing Grace, Once More
The more I think about grace, the more I realize how amazing grace is. Nature decrees that what goes up must come down. Grace declares that what comes down will be raised up and glorified. Nature decrees that what goes … Continue reading
Life, Lilies and Birds
The serenity of the sunset can never be improved upon. The distant hills are quiet witnesses to the melting of the sun. There is nothing I can do now to change that day just done. Just like the beauty of … Continue reading