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The Burglar who Painted Like Mondrian
This one, obviously, I read for pleasure. Lawrence Block’s burglar series, featuring ex-Burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr, is always good for a laugh and some light but often complicated whodunit action. The Burglar who Painted Like Mondrian is no exception. Bernie, his pal Carolyn, cop Ray Kirschmann, and the whole host of others are all colorful and…
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The Power and the Glory, by Graham Greene
I just finished reading The Power and the Glory for my Theology of Priesthood class. I must say that I enjoyed the novel, and found it to be a quick read. Quick as it was, though, there was a lot in there, of course. It was about failure, and how that failure can impact a…
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29th Sunday of Ordinary Time
http://www.usccb.org/nab/101605.htm At that he said to them, “Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.” I think this statement begs the question, “What doesn’t belong to God?” I think I’ve often missed this irony on Jesus’ part. After all, Jesus certainly wasn’t preaching that we should compartmentalize our…
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28th Sunday of Ordinary Time
http://www.usccb.org/nab/100905.htm “But when the king came in to meet the guests, he saw a man there not dressed in a wedding garment. The king said to him, ‘My friend, how is it that you came in here without a wedding garment?’ But he was reduced to silence. Then the king said to his attendants, ‘Bind…
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Guardian Angels, Watch Over Us
If this hadn’t been Sunday (not that Sunday is bad mind you … the Resurrection is the summit of all our feasts), this would have been the feast of the Guardian Angels. I remember being very young (four or five, maybe) and mom teaching me the prayer: Dear angel of God, my guardian dear, to…
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27th Sunday of Ordinary Time
http://www.usccb.org/nab/100205.htm Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. – Philippians 4:8-9 One of my favorite passages of Scripture today. It always makes me…
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Blessed are your eyes
http://www.usccb.org/nab/100105.htm Turning to the disciples in private he said, Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. For I say to you, many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it. During my CPE experience, this was…
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We’re laughing with you…
Some Catholic humor: Joke #1: Two men considering a religious vocation were having a conversation. “What is similar about the Jesuit and Dominican Orders? ” the one asked. The second replied, “Well, they were both founded by Spaniards St.Dominic for the Dominicans, and St. Ignatius of Loyola for the Jesuits. They were also both…
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26th Sunday of Ordinary Time
http://www.usccb.org/nab/092505.htm Jesus said to the chief priests and elders of the people: It’s easy, I think, to distance ourselves from the point of the Gospel. We often think, well, I’m not one of the chief priests and elders, I’m a Christian, so I’m saved and I’m above reproach. But to do that does violence to…
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Say More About That
In CPE, we had a little “inside joke,” if you will, about the statement, “say more about that.” That’s one of those phrases often used in counselling, spiritual direction, and CPE. It’s a good, open-ended question, better than something that would call for a “yes” or “no” answer. But it gets thrown around so much,…
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