Category Archives: Encounter

Sell What You Have And Follow

Posted on August 19, 2019 by Spirit Moments

There can be three levels of defining our relationship with others and the world. There is ownership: I have possessions, I can even have a family and children. Ownership is good but it can give way to selfishness and acquisitiveness. … Continue reading →

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An Abiding Sense of Awe and Wonder

Posted on August 3, 2019 by Spirit Moments

There is a saying that no knight is a hero to his valet. Often, the routine of daily living dulls one’s sense of magic and mystery. People love children because it takes so little to stoke in them a deep … Continue reading →

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No, We Never Travel Alone

Posted on July 31, 2019 by Spirit Moments

It was a hot and dusty afternoon and we were walking back to San Carlos from our catechism classes at the Guadalupe Nuevo Elementary School when we noticed a young girl, rather shy but also rather forward enthusiastically waving at … Continue reading →

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Being in Control

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Spirit Moments

Today is the feast day of Martha, the typical OC person, the patron saint of people who love to be in control. I have experienced what it is like to be in control, to be followed and obeyed, to be … Continue reading →

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On a Wing and a Prayer

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Spirit Moments

Every morning, I make time and space for prayer. Just before the rest of ‘my world’ wakes up, I come to prayer as a total person, turning my attention to the Totally Other Person. I have learned recently that that … Continue reading →

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One Chance Encounter

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Spirit Moments

We worked together one summer at a Summer Leadership Camp for Youth Leaders from the local depressed areas some fifty years ago. It was a two-month program. I had a great time. But did not think much about it later. … Continue reading →

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How Can One Not Believe?

Posted on July 8, 2019 by Spirit Moments

It takes the light of the sun eight minutes to reach us on earth. We are looking at some galaxies and stars whose light left some 15 billions years ago and we are seeing them only now. Imagine the magnitude … Continue reading →

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We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Spirit Moments

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” With these stirring words, the … Continue reading →

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Weathering the Storms of Life

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Spirit Moments

As Jesus got into a boat, his disciples followed him. Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by waves; but he was asleep. They came and woke him, saying, “Lord, save … Continue reading →

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My Here and Now

Posted on June 22, 2019 by Spirit Moments

Learn from the way the wild flowers grow. They do not work or spin. But I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was clothed like one of them. If God so clothes the grass of the … Continue reading →

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