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I Must Walk At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” He said to them, “Go and tell that fox for me, ‘Listen, I am casting out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I finish my…

Time Slips By Days pass … weeks, months, years … decades slip away, Accelerating, Jubilating, Re-creating, Innovating life, Invention of our minds, Intention of our hearts, … or something else …. confiding …. Residing in our soul …. Guiding to some goal? Is there a whole in the hole … A purposeful role we play…

“It is not enough to do good. It must be done well.”–St. Vincent de Paul Born – 24 April 1581, Pouy, France Died – 27 September 1660 Canonized – 16 June 1737 by Clement XII Feast Day – 27 September Founded – Congregation of the Daughters of Charity & The Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists…

Looking back over March 14 through the last 15 years, these thoughts were enough for me to remember and try to translate into my life in some way. Somewhere between common language and precise language we have to find a universal translator so we can communicate effectively. I hate to relinquish precision, but I also…

Have you avoided the music of the night because it was dark, mellow, sad, or reflective? Has it evoked feelings you would rather avoid? Until we can embrace and enter into the reality of "The Music of the Night," we may find it difficult to fully appreciate the song of the dawn! The song of…

  The years go by so much faster than they used to. Days start with great expectations and we accomplish less than we set out to accomplish and sometimes more and usually more than we think and we step back and scratch our heads with wonder. We've come farther than we think and somewhere along…

  We don't always "feel" inspired, but we keep on doing what we did when we knew the experience of inspiration and motivation. We keep on because that which inspired us is still within us. We keep on because in that moment on the mountain we looked around and saw the big picture … and…

  When the colluded powers sent their collaborating messengers to warn Jesus he was in trouble and that he was likely to be killed, his response was four-fold: I am doing works of mercy and deliverance. I will continue to do them until I am done. I will not be stopped. I will not be…

Oh God, who sees me, knows me, and loves me while seeing through my pretensions. There is nothing I can tell you about myself that you do not already know. I am laid bare by your penetrating gaze and your Word divides by thoughts and attitudes, sorting them out in ways I cannot even comprehend.…