To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible. – Saint Thomas Aquinas
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Faith, Explained
Tag: Peace
Thanksgiving Week
Feeling thankful and showing gratitude, comes down to a simple choice:
- Being thankful for what you have
- Or worrying about what you don’t
Long ago, while contemplating the meaning of life, I became convinced it is to have peace with who you are, and to be content with what you have.
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Are You Praying Too Slow?
There is no fancy website test here. But the question, “How well do you pray?”, is a good one to think about.
For probably 20 years, I’ve thought to myself that the meaning of life is peace and contentment.
Peace with who you are, and content with what you have.
In 51 years, I have found nothing even comes close to offering this, except daily, moment to moment prayer. And in the last ten years, through trial and error, there is great peace and contentment.
The phrase “carpe diem“, or seize the day, means nothing, if you don’t actually do it.
And doing it requires a peace and contentment that is uncommon.
Being present. Being thankful. Being forgiving. Exercise. Nutrition. Rest. Play. Purposeful work.
I don’t think these are out of reach for anyone. Do you?
No Regrets If Today Is The Last
Our beloved Canine son, Carter, our 11-year old Yellow Lab, is very sick.
What started a few weeks ago, appearing to be the a routine distraction from food – a neighbor’s pet in heat – has manifested itself into complications we may not recover from. Cancer.
While our hearts are breaking, they are not completely shattered. Big difference.
We have no regrets with Carter. We have given and received all there is and was, to give and receive.
Peace and blessings. Faith, Hope and Love.
Life. Death.
Trust in the Lord with all our heart, all our mind, and all our strength.
And then cry like a baby, until we can no longer stay awake.
Pray Pay Obey Catholic
What does that mean exactly? Growing up Luthern, in a small Pennsylvania town, there weren’t many Catholics. In fact, I don’t recall knowing what a Catholic was until college.
Well, life comes full circle and here I am, a devoted Catholic for over a decade. There are something like 15,000 members of our Holy Family congregation. All walks of like.
One of them, I see occasionally at Gold’s Gym. We recently had a nice conversation with these highlights:
Draw nearer to God and God will draw nearer to you. James 4:8.
True love doesnt force anything.
Greed, sloth, doubt, hypocracy – the four points in the circle surrounding the four squares.
Pay, pray and obey Catholic. This is how my friend (60-something) described himself.
God does not want good men in heaven, he wants Saints.
Gotta go. Time to work on praying, obeying, paying and demonstrating.