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Fire, Salt, and Light.: December 2014
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Fire, Salt, and Light. Reflections and comments on all aspects of Catholic and Human Life. "THE FIRST LAW OF HISTORY IS NOT TO DARE UTTER FLASEHOOD; THE SECOND, NOT TO FEAR TO SPEAK THE TRUTH." attributed to Pope Leo XIII. Wednesday, December 31, 2014. HOW DO YOU MEASURE A YEAR? More than 40 years this priest was in my life here on earth teaching me much about interior silence, holy conversation, the preciousness of every human life and of every moment of each life. Larson lived, struggled, suffered for ...
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Fire, Salt, and Light.: May 2015
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Fire, Salt, and Light. Reflections and comments on all aspects of Catholic and Human Life. "THE FIRST LAW OF HISTORY IS NOT TO DARE UTTER FLASEHOOD; THE SECOND, NOT TO FEAR TO SPEAK THE TRUTH." attributed to Pope Leo XIII. Sunday, May 10, 2015. On this Mother’s Day some thoughts from Pope St. John Paul on motherhood from his Apostolic Letter on the Dignity and Vocation of Women: from section VI, Para. 18:. The eternal mystery of generation, which is in God himself, the one and Triune God (cf. Eph. As men...
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Fire, Salt, and Light.: November 2014
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Fire, Salt, and Light. Reflections and comments on all aspects of Catholic and Human Life. "THE FIRST LAW OF HISTORY IS NOT TO DARE UTTER FLASEHOOD; THE SECOND, NOT TO FEAR TO SPEAK THE TRUTH." attributed to Pope Leo XIII. Saturday, November 29, 2014. 8220;…. we can put the question: “Where is your vigour? Where is that idealism which inspired and ennobled your history? Where is your spirit of curiosity and enterprise? The future of the continent will depend on the answer to these questions.”. 8220;When ...
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Fire, Salt, and Light.: July 2014
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Fire, Salt, and Light. Reflections and comments on all aspects of Catholic and Human Life. "THE FIRST LAW OF HISTORY IS NOT TO DARE UTTER FLASEHOOD; THE SECOND, NOT TO FEAR TO SPEAK THE TRUTH." attributed to Pope Leo XIII. Monday, July 28, 2014. MH 17; GAZA; UKRAINE -100 YEARS AFTER WWI, THRESHOLD OF WWIII? Two friends phoned over the past few days and their words have given me pause. How easily when confronted with the incomprehensible extent of our human capacity of evil hatred and violence we blithely...
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Fire, Salt, and Light.: February 2015
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Fire, Salt, and Light. Reflections and comments on all aspects of Catholic and Human Life. "THE FIRST LAW OF HISTORY IS NOT TO DARE UTTER FLASEHOOD; THE SECOND, NOT TO FEAR TO SPEAK THE TRUTH." attributed to Pope Leo XIII. Wednesday, February 25, 2015. LENT: TRUTH and HOPE; THE CALIPHATE: LIES and DESPAIR. Or other words may be used to remind us to repent and believe the Good News, which is the Gospel of Life, Redemption, Mercy. In a recent article in The Atlantic. What ISIS Really Wants, Graeme Wood giv...
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Fire, Salt, and Light.: HOLY WEEK: MEDITATIONS
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Fire, Salt, and Light. Reflections and comments on all aspects of Catholic and Human Life. "THE FIRST LAW OF HISTORY IS NOT TO DARE UTTER FLASEHOOD; THE SECOND, NOT TO FEAR TO SPEAK THE TRUTH." attributed to Pope Leo XIII. Thursday, April 02, 2015. The following are various passages form several sources used for meditation this Holy Week:. P 7, op.cit.]. Cf opcit. paras: 25, 26, & 8]. St John Paul II places before us the reality that the merciful love of God is greater than our capacity for sin :. These ...
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Fire, Salt, and Light.: MOTHERHOOD
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Fire, Salt, and Light. Reflections and comments on all aspects of Catholic and Human Life. "THE FIRST LAW OF HISTORY IS NOT TO DARE UTTER FLASEHOOD; THE SECOND, NOT TO FEAR TO SPEAK THE TRUTH." attributed to Pope Leo XIII. Sunday, May 10, 2015. On this Mother’s Day some thoughts from Pope St. John Paul on motherhood from his Apostolic Letter on the Dignity and Vocation of Women: from section VI, Para. 18:. The eternal mystery of generation, which is in God himself, the one and Triune God (cf. Eph. As men...
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Fire, Salt, and Light.: March 2015
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Fire, Salt, and Light. Reflections and comments on all aspects of Catholic and Human Life. "THE FIRST LAW OF HISTORY IS NOT TO DARE UTTER FLASEHOOD; THE SECOND, NOT TO FEAR TO SPEAK THE TRUTH." attributed to Pope Leo XIII. Friday, March 13, 2015. SOUNDS IN THE HEART. For the first time since early October the sun is shining high enough in the sky that the temperature is well above zero, indeed warm enough the snow is melting. I will admit most of my life not giving much thought to sound[s] per se. Now th...
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Fire, Salt, and Light.: BEING A SERVANT IN A CULTURE OF ENTITLEMENT
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Fire, Salt, and Light. Reflections and comments on all aspects of Catholic and Human Life. "THE FIRST LAW OF HISTORY IS NOT TO DARE UTTER FLASEHOOD; THE SECOND, NOT TO FEAR TO SPEAK THE TRUTH." attributed to Pope Leo XIII. Thursday, March 05, 2015. BEING A SERVANT IN A CULTURE OF ENTITLEMENT. In the 70’s it was UPSTAIRS/DOWNSTAIRS and for the past few seasons, it has been DOWNTON ABBEY. However once the People of Israel became a nation in their own right by the time of the Roman conquest both the conquer...
