April 29

Happy those who feast on wisdom and savor her knowledge,

She will nourish and refresh them.

Happy those who feast on wisdom and savor her knowledge,

She will nourish and refresh them.

She feeds her people with food of angels, heaven’s bread,

Her bread is insight her drink is understanding.

Happy those who feast on wisdom and savor her knowledge,

She will nourish and refresh them.

Come eat her bread and taste wisdom’s sweetness,

Her Bread is insight her drink is understanding.

Happy those who feast on wisdom and savor her knowledge,

She will nourish and refresh them.

Your word alone, not the fruit of the earth sustains and refreshes your faithful ones,

Her Bread is insight her drink is understanding.

Happy those who feast on wisdom and savor her knowledge,

She will nourish and refresh them.

April 22

A quote from Pope Francis when he was speaking recently about the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council:

But 50 years later, “have we done everything the Holy Spirit was asking us to do during the Council?” he asked. The answer is “No,” said Pope Francis. “We celebrate this anniversary, we put up a monument but we don’t want it to upset us. We don’t want to change and what’s more there are those who wish to turn the clock back.”

In his mind there’s no turning back.

April 15

We have now reached the point where if I have any position on morality I am told that I am discriminating against others and am guilty of hate speech and imposing my values on others. The result is that whatever is popular is the moral norm for any human activity. Have we now crossed over into the land of chaos?

Corollary: “Truth?” Pontius Pilate asked, “What is truth?” And then had Jesus crucified.

April 8

Some time ago I sent out a morning prayer and an evening prayer. Herewith I am modifying the evening prayer’s last sentence so as to be less self-referential and to now read:

EVENING PRAYER

Lord of the night, Creator of the stars and moon, I thank you for the graceful gifts of this day.

I rest in you, my Divine Friend and my Companion who watches over me while I sleep.

May my problems and pains be healed as I surrender myself into your nightly care.

Bless this evening those whom I love and watch over them in a special way.

Lord of the day and night, of life and death, I place myself, my loved ones, and all who are suffering into your holy hands. Amen

April

“We are afraid of God’s surprises! He always surprises us!

So let us not be closed to the newness that God wants to bring into our lives! Are we often weary, disheartened and sad? Do we feel weighed down by our sins? Do we think that we won’t be able to cope? Let us not close our hearts, let us not lose confidence, let us never give up: there are no situations which God cannot change, there is no sin which he cannot forgive if only we open ourselves to him.

From Pope Francis’ Easter Homily