Tag Archives: Doing good

Papal Afterglow

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Spirit Moments

They were five days of feasting and celebrations. It was one great feast for the senses and the spirit. Everywhere he went, the people were there and it was always a joyful celebration – on his arrival at the airport, … Continue reading →

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A Career In Teaching And Healing

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Spirit Moments

Two activities occupied much of the public ministry of Jesus: the preaching and teaching of the Gospel, and the healing of the sick and making whole those afflicted with illnesses. The teaching part can also be seen as a form … Continue reading →

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Winnowing Chaff From Grain

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Spirit Moments

Great men often live lives steeped in paradox. They proclaim and work for peace and unity but often are the cause of a lot of dissensions and divisions. They would operate out of love and goodness and yet they stir … Continue reading →

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Praying for the Persecuted

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Spirit Moments

Today is the feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr. He was stoned to death by a mob led by a young man named Saul. Today I pause to think about and pray for all those who are being … Continue reading →

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Proof Of Goodness

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Spirit Moments

Sometimes, in my efforts to be good and do what is right, I end up putting on blinders of self-righteousness. I become proud and condemn those whom I see as not making the same efforts at goodness and I do. … Continue reading →

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Spiritual Blindness

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Spirit Moments

I recently met a man so full of himself. He revels in his talent and shares them generously. But he gives me the impression that he feels the world owes him the acclamation and adulation he thinks he richly deserves. … Continue reading →

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The Ocean

Posted on November 16, 2014 by Spirit Moments

Often, I tend to intellectualize my spiritual life too much.  This tendency then gets me into difficulties like the problem I have with the Parable of the Talents. So God Has given me talents, is He really like an accountant … Continue reading →

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Beyond the Commandments

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Spirit Moments

Vitavi denique culpam, non laudem merui, wrote the poet Horace. I do not deserve to be praised just because I have avoided committing a mistake or have simply done what is expected of me. Doing the good or right thing that … Continue reading →

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Small is Actually the Big Thing

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Spirit Moments

Small things may not amount to much but often they mean a lot. The human body is three-fourths made up of water. But it is the tiny micronutrients, barely one percent of our total body weight, that make the body … Continue reading →

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The Law of Love

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Spirit Moments

Everything I do, good or bad, eventually comes back to me. That is the Law of the Harvest. I reap what I sow. It is the Law of Karma. What goes around comes around. But there is a higher law … Continue reading →

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