Sometimes one can capture the essence of a period in time by comparing two events. Two such events which occurred this month capture where we are today. Early in the month an over the top Brit conservative activist/writer, Milo Yiannopoulos, was set to speak at the UC Berkeley when an anti-free speech masked mob prevented … Continue reading
I See You Through Tears
I see You through tears, Cascading as a cleansing waterfall, Washing away, And carrying away, The deeds and impurities Of the Old Man. Virginal flesh as gift, Are my arraignment. Looking in the mirror, I see me with my eyes, But in faith, I see You. The taint and stain of Sin, The mocking of … Continue reading
From a sermon by Blessed Isaac of Stella, abbot
From a sermon by Blessed Isaac of Stella, abbot The preeminence of charity Why, brothers, are we so little concerned to seek one another’s well-being, so that where we see a greater need, we might show a greater readiness to help and carry one another’s burdens? For this is what the blessed apostle Paul urges … Continue reading
Just a Pebble
On an ordinary day in Paradise, Into a world created to glorify God and Man, Adam introduced just a smidgen of sin. Merely, a pebble, Adam thought, Hardly enough to weigh on a cosmic scale. In the grand scheme of Time, and Space, The cosmic sea quaked. In ever increasing concentric circles, Shock waves carried … Continue reading
The Gift
You are gift wrapped
