Remembering Mikulas Day December 6, brings up memories of St. Nicholas’s visit in our home in Budapest Hungary. You may never have heard of the Saint Nicholas, but in Hungary, but for many Hungarian children it is a special day. December 6 th is the day when Hungary ’s Santa …
November 20, 2012 Forgiveness “I am sorry, please forgive me”, often, we say it lightly and without much thought. Sometimes, these words give us an advantage, we are perceived differently. Asking to be forgiven and forgiving someone is powerful enough to move us to a different place in our hearts …
Does prayer have an effect on those we pray for? I was at Wal-Mart yesterday morning, long before the crowds fill the aisles and checkout lines. No one was behind me at the checkout counter. The checkout clerk and I began a conversation that quickly turned to the storms’ devastation. …
Have you been able to stick to a strict regimen of three meals a day? Sure you say, but are you honest about it? Tell the truth, maybe you cheated once in a while; a mid-morning treat, mid-afternoon or maybe a late night snack? I could never just have three …
Job and Job Loss Have you ever been confused about what you are meant to be doing? During our formative years our psychosocial environment, education and personal choices shape our individuation process. Think about how long it takes to become your own person, the years of school and many attempts …
Near Death Experiences: Blissful and Distressing Raymond Moody, the author of Life After Life, who coined the phrase near death experience, and the first medical doctor to compile hundreds of shared near death experiences in Life after Life, gives us this succinct definition of what he believes about the afterlife, …
Be a Blessing Discovering our talents and learning how to use them takes up most of our life. Often, we discover new gifts in the second half of our lives. These gifs are often different from the skills perfected during our careers. Many of us are still trying to discover …
Cc post 08-05-2012 Contemplation opens one to divine presence in a way that no other spiritual practice does. According Father Richard Rohr, Fr. Richard Rohr, contemplation offers “emotional sobriety”. It is not goal oriented, has nothing to prove or disprove nor seeks to validate a theological proposition. The Contemplative experience …
The Leap of faith All of us know about the proverbial leap of faith. We may know friends or a relative who began an enterprise that seemed illogical, even absurd given their particular circumstances, yet they forged ahead doing with what seemed an unrealistic choice. If the results were disappointing …
Fr. Thomas Keating, O.C.S.O. is a Trappist monk and priest, known as one of creators of Centering Prayer, a contemporary method of contemplative prayer, that I had the privilege learning about and practicing in my first year of seminary in Berkeley. You might find it strange that I did not …