Category Archives: General Interest

Quote for the Day

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Deacon Bob

“No one deserves to go hungry, and there is no ecological reason for people to be hungry today.  People are hungry today solely because of the social and economic structures of sin:  greed, pride and lust for power.” — Br. … Continue reading →

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Don’t Forget Who You Are Now!

Posted on March 1, 2009 by Deacon Bob

I am borrowing a phrase from Fr. Mark Pierce, whom I heard preach yesterday.  He said his mother would say to him whenever he would go out on the town as a teenager, “Don’t forget who you are now!” He … Continue reading →

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Quote for the Day — Gaudium et Spes

Posted on February 23, 2009 by Deacon Bob

“Fortiora enim sunt ea quibus uniuntur fideles quam ea quibus dividuntur: sit in necessariis unitas,  in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas.” Gaudium et Spes (GS) 92 For us who don’t read Latin well, here is the English for our meditation: … Continue reading →

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Catholics Coming Home to Faith

Posted on February 20, 2009 by Deacon Bob

There is a saying, “Once a Catholic, always a Catholic.” No matter how long one may have been away from the practice of the Catholic faith, there will always that tug to come home, to the faith practice of Jesus’ … Continue reading →

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Live Without Fear!

Posted on January 6, 2009 by Deacon Bob

Life’s events of late have brought me to thinking about finding the will of God by letting go of my attempts to control the future.  The attempts I often make to control only lead to increased fear and anxiety despite the fact I would … Continue reading →

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History, Current Events, and Belief

Posted on December 31, 2008 by Deacon Bob

I would wonder how each of us would order history on a spectrum of events of importance to humanity, from most important to least significant. I suspect it would rank low. I predict we would rank on the high end … Continue reading →

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Strange Old Ladies In Church

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Deacon Bob

I tend not to write about current events, even though I suspect I would find a more interested audience to this blog if I were to do so. I write little about what is going on geo-politically because today’s news … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day — Deus Caritas Est

Posted on December 26, 2008 by Deacon Bob

“(Jesus’) death on the Cross is the culmination of that turning of God against himself in which he gives himself in order to raise man up and save him.  This is love in its most radical form.”  (Benedict XVI, Deus … Continue reading →

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Poverty of Provisionality and Finiteness

Posted on December 23, 2008 by Deacon Bob

Many years ago, a friend gave me the little book, Poverty of Spirit, by Johannes Metz.  A short read, but one you want to take your time and savor.  One of the ideas Metz had was there are various poverties … Continue reading →

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Winter Solstice and Galileo

Posted on December 21, 2008 by Deacon Bob

The Holy Father’s Sunday Angelus message made reference to today being the winter solstice.  He also mentioned Galileo, who as we know was forced in his day to retract his scientific findings, and to whom the Church very recently offered … Continue reading →

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Why Stay Catholic?

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Deacon Bob

I have been asked on occasion, “Why remain a Catholic?”.  Usually the person asking the question is someone who has experience some injustice in the Church, or may have been a practicing Catholic but lukewarm or perhaps no longer practicing … Continue reading →

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Cardinal Avery Dulles

Posted on December 14, 2008 by Deacon Bob

As you may have heard, Avery Dulles, SJ died this past week.  Fr. Dulles was a Cardinal of the Church, made so by Pope John Paul II in 2001.  He was a Cardinal, yet not a bishop as are nearly … Continue reading →

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John the Voice, Jesus the Word

Posted on December 14, 2008 by Deacon Bob

St. Augustine had some wonderful thoughts about John the Baptist and Jesus.  (My translation from the Italian.) “John is the voice.  However, we say of the Lord: ‘In the beginning was the Word’ (John 1,1).   John is the voice … Continue reading →

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AIDS Prevention, continued

Posted on December 12, 2008 by Deacon Bob

I have read the article by Potts, et. al. in Science mentioned in my previous post on this subject.  It points out that some assumptions that underlie current HIV prevention strategies are unsupported by evidence.  Current strategies include condom distribution, … Continue reading →

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More on Papa Luciani

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Deacon Bob

Here is a quote, attributed to John Paul I prior to his election as pope, as cited on www.albino-luciani.com: “Progress with men who love one another, considering themselves brothers and sons of the one God and Father, can be a … Continue reading →

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