Category Archives: Life

Faith and Love, Always Together

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Spirit Moments

Could life ever come from rocks and stones? Doesn’t seem possible, experience tells me. Even so, scientists say we really came from rocks and dust from the stars. Should there be anything at all? there could have been just nothing … Continue reading →

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Because I am, I Have Everything I Need

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Spirit Moments

These are miner’s lettuce. They grow wild along many of the hiking trails we go to, specially in wide open fields. They add a dainty white delicacy to a scenery of wild flowers abloom in springtime. They are also a … Continue reading →

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It’s a Beautiful World

Posted on March 18, 2018 by Spirit Moments

Market forces today drive businesses and the world economy. Markets are supposed to be the most efficient ways to distribute goods and services. If everyone worked for his own enlightened self-interest, things would eventually work out right in the end … Continue reading →

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In Due Time

Posted on March 17, 2018 by Spirit Moments

The splendor that was Egypt and Persia – buried. The glory that was Rome and Greece – gone. The magnificence that was the Aztecs and the Incas – in ruins. Yet the world, our world, endures. With even more lavish … Continue reading →

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Glimpsing At Eternity

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Spirit Moments

When something man-made breaks down, that is usually the end of the useful life of that object, be it a piece of furniture, a toy, an electronic gadget, or a car. When something in nature (that is, God-made) breaks down … Continue reading →

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The Hike That Is My Life

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Spirit Moments

When we hike, we usually do a loop. It never fails that my favorite quote from TS Eliot comes to mind, “We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for … Continue reading →

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Life, Intentional not Accidental

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Spirit Moments

I am intentional, not accidental. I refuse to accept or to believe that I am an accident. There may not be any compelling reason why I should exist. Yet, there is Someone who intended that I should. In the vast … Continue reading →

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Clean Is Beautiful & Holy

Posted on March 4, 2018 by Spirit Moments

Cleaning is good not only for the body and our physical surrounding but also for the heart and soul. Some cleaning is routine and ordinary. Other cleaning can be difficult and even painful. Dirt, like sin, degrades what is human … Continue reading →

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Deepening My Lenten Experience

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Spirit Moments

Nature strips herself in the Fall Then she lays bare in the Winter As she prepare herself for the blooming in the Spring So she can celebrate gloriously in the Summer. That is cycle of life. We often forget it … Continue reading →

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To Everything There Is a Season

Posted on February 18, 2018 by Spirit Moments

Invariably, at the end of a successful mission, Col. Hannibal Smith would say to his A-Team “I love it when a plan comes together.” In today’s Gospel, one gets the feeling of a plan coming together, of things converging towards … Continue reading →

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