Category Archives: Discipleship

How Can I Make This For Three

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Spirit Moments

In the original score of the musical Sound of Music, these beautiful lines were part of the song “You are sixteen going on seventeen”: A bell is no bell till you ring it A song is no song till you sing … Continue reading →

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Three Levels of Being Good

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Spirit Moments

Everyone wants to be good and do what is just. Deep in every person’s heart is the desire to attain eternal life, enlightenment, salvation, heaven, Nirvana. Yet, it also seems obvious that there are destructive and negative forces within each … Continue reading →

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Under the Influence

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Spirit Moments

Europe today is held up by many as the model of a successful humanist secular society, driven mainly by rationalistic science, pragmatic technology and market-oriented capitalism. The principles of socialism move much of the social discourse and inspire many of the … Continue reading →

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Paradoxes Yet Again

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Spirit Moments

Life is paradoxical and full of contradictions. Like, life is a precious gift to me; and yet I cannot just live it for myself. A fruitful and consequential life is meant to be lived in the love and service of others. … Continue reading →

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Chosen

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Spirit Moments

I did not choose to be born. Someone made that decision for me. And for the time that I have been alive I am forever grateful. I will most likely not decide when or where or how I will die. … Continue reading →

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Musings in a Foreign Land

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Spirit Moments

We are now in Copenhagen and I try to begin each day in Sacred Space, meeting up with the Lord. And He is here. In fanciful musing, I am imagining whether the Lord has also traveled with us here in … Continue reading →

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God’s People Today

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Spirit Moments

It is our second day in Amsterdam. I am struck by the cosmopolitan and very secular atmosphere of the city. There is a lively artistic and cultural ambiance. But the true drivers of the city seem to be finance and … Continue reading →

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It Is Never About Being Easy

Posted on May 9, 2015 by Spirit Moments

The commandment of Jesus to love is so self-evident it should be readily accepted by almost everybody. And yet today, His followers are being persecuted and executed in many parts of the world like never before. And many of those of … Continue reading →

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Branches

Posted on May 3, 2015 by Spirit Moments

In his homily on today’s gospel, Fr. Johnny Go speaks about different kinds of branches. There is the branch that is full of leaves in early spring. There is the branch that is heavy with fruits. There is the branch … Continue reading →

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Coming Home

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Spirit Moments

The end of every journey is home. There is nothing more soothing and more comforting for me than the thought of coming home. I left home early in life to enter the seminary. And I always relished coming home to … Continue reading →

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