It’s time once again for Sunday Snippets. We are Catholic bloggers sharing weekly our best posts with one another. Join us to read and/or contribute. To participate, go to your blog and create a post titled Sunday Snippets–A Catholic Carnival. Make sure that the post links back to here, and leave a link to your snippets post on our host, RAnn’s, site, This, … Continue reading
Who really died?
Who really died? I never saw The light of day. Black descended, Of a kind I knew not, And then no more…. How did I know you? All I knew was you. You flavored my becoming, Your genes, my genes, Your feelings, Emotional rhythms, Touching me By blood connection. All this, … Continue reading
Petition to our Holy Father: Consecration of Russia
Petition to our Holy Father: Consecration of Russia.
Holy Desire – St. Augustine
“The entire life of a good Christian is in fact an exercise of holy desire. You do not yet see what you long for, but the very act of desiring prepares you, so that when he comes you may see and be utterly satisfied.” “Suppose you are going to fill some holder or container, and … Continue reading
Sweet Cause
The world of men is full of accusers, Innocent as doves in their own eyes. Only the sinner finds a place at Your table, Garbed, no longer in rotting rags, But in wedding dress and festive best. The lowly come And are welcomed. Choosing a place at Your feet You invite “Come up higher”. At … Continue reading
Our Heart Longs for God
From the Tractates on the first letter of John by Saint Augustine, bishop Our heart longs for God We have been promised that we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. By these words, the tongue has done its best; now we must apply the meditation of the heart. Although … Continue reading