May
29
Momentary reminders of prayer
May 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment
I believe that one of the hardest spiritual practices for most people to follow is to slow down and give the Holy Spirit a fertile ground – and listen to spiritual guidance. This involves some discipline, a setting aside of time and the ego/self, and requires profoundly private prayer.
I enjoy praying at Mass and with [...]
May
23
…in this video called 99 balloons.
Although Eliot only lived on earth for 99 days, God had much to say through his life. This film is a tribute by his loving father.
May
22
In the book Reasonable People by Ralph Savarese, he writes a memoir about adopting an autistic boy who has also been abused. He speaks eloquently about the dignity and value of each human being and the sanctity of family life and parenting.
May
19
Living with MS as a family
May 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment
May
10
Marriage, disability and faith
May 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment
In this radio interview, Joni Eareckson Tada, a quadriplegic , talks about her marriage – including the first date with her husband Ken when they had to deal with the very real situation of her full leg bag. She speaks about how she prays for her husband and ways she and he sustain their marriage [...]
May
4
Pope Benedict XVI quote on community
May 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment
“Today, a poorly understood modernity tends to give exaggerated emphasis to the requirements of the individual, to the detriment of the duties that all people have towards God and towards the community to which they belong.” Hence it is important “to highlight a correct conception of civil and public responsibility, because from such a vision [...]
May
4
When Christ gives CPR
May 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment
And what wilt thou do with my heart, O Christ?
– St. John Houghton, while being gutted
So this is today’s Saint quote of the day over at my homepage.
It’s the kind of quote that can make me react in a dangerous way – thinking that following Christ is such a high standard that I can’t [...]
