Category Archives: Faith

The Attitude of Gratitude – Day 1

Posted on November 14, 2018 by Spirit Moments

In the great Christian tradition of novenas, I am starting today a nine-day preparation for Thanksgiving Day. All major and important holy days in Christianity are celebrated with a nine-day preparation, culminating with the feast itself. Gratitude is a deeply … Continue reading →

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True Faith Is Always Extraordinary

Posted on November 12, 2018 by Spirit Moments

And the Apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.” The Lord replied, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would … Continue reading →

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Our Greatest Fear

Posted on November 11, 2018 by Spirit Moments

Our greatest fear is death, that someday we will be gone and be gone for good. That everything we have lived, worked for, will be gone forever. That all the good we have done, all the pains we have gone … Continue reading →

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Beauty Over And Out Of Ugly

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Spirit Moments

This is a burl. A burl is a rounded knotty growth on a tree, seen by many as an imperfection, and maybe even as a symptom of a disease or the sign of a faulty growth. But in the hands … Continue reading →

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What Are The Odds?

Posted on October 18, 2018 by Spirit Moments

Recently, all of Manila was agog over a first-time ever one billion pesos Lotto jackpot. Many who haven’t played Lotto before did so for the first time. There ws an air of pregnant expectancy in the air for several days … Continue reading →

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What A Difference Faith Makes

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Spirit Moments

I do not have to believe that God exists. I know that for a certain. It is how I understand why there is something instead of nothing, why we exist instead of not exist. But I need faith to believe … Continue reading →

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Love and the Vine

Posted on April 29, 2018 by Spirit Moments

Here is one of the fondest memories I have of Jane while she was growing up. This happened when she was about four years old. One chilly morning we brought her to her nursery-school. And as she gave me her … Continue reading →

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Earth Day 2018

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Spirit Moments

Yesterday was Good Shepherd Sunday. As is his style, Jesus draws examples and images from nature to bring home his message. Here, he is the shepherd and we are his flock. There shall be one shepherd and one fold. The … Continue reading →

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The Universe in a Flower

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Spirit Moments

I recently read the book Einstein and the Rabbi by Naomi Levy, a woman Rabbi. She begins her book by telling the story of Rabbi Robert Marcus. This Rabbi was struggling with his grief over the untimely demise of his … Continue reading →

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God, Being God

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Spirit Moments

Watching the sunset gives me deep and almost heavenly feeling. It is the end of another day, something that should bring about sadness as most endings do. But sunsets leave me with a sense of wonder and reverence at the … Continue reading →

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