If You’re Not Making People Uncomfortable,
You’re Doing Something Wrong
Just Sayin
Thought For the Day
If God works with bad candidates, I’m a very good candidate.
Thought for the Day
Life is a vast wood in which only a few paths may be explored.
Thought for the Day
I woke up last night and these words were spontaneously placed in my head. There was no thought process…
“What is the Tridentine Mass? A spaceship to Heaven.”
I fell back to sleep.
June is the Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
June continues the traditional Ember Days of Summer on the First Friday and First Saturday. The Masses of these days are beautiful to read. Of course, First Fridays are dedicated to the Sacred Heart, so, something to think about there. We have Trinity Sunday and the 2 feasts of Corpus Christi (or Body and Blood of Christ), in the trad and the new. Very exciting, the back-to-back feasts of our Two Hearts are on the 16th and the 17th (the 16th being a Friday solemnity, no penance).
Where does one start when contemplating all the devotional riches of the Sacred Heart, which Holy Church has given us? Here is a great place to start, from The Catholic Encyclopedia: Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This topic is divided into 2 parts: Doctrinal Explanations and Historical Ideas.
Have a look at the full trad calendar for June: calefactory.org
And here is a thought to meditate on this coming month. This came to me today when trying to take a nap and cope with my chronic pain condition. I thought of a short poem by novelist Gunnel Beckman and changed the words to express what I was feeling. I felt compelled to share this…
Suffering is only the thorn upon the rose
The broken key
Offering admission to Thine Heart
Saint Margaret Mary, pray for us!
Thought for the Day
When you have spent your entire life meditating upon the Passion of our lord, nothing this world throws at you will ever surprise you.
this has been our preparation for future shock.
and that moment is now.
2 Signs in Babylon
There is a town on Long Island named Babylon. I was there last week and took photographs of these 2 signs…the top one at a grocery store called Aldi and the other at a doctor’s office. The contrast between them struck me. 2 signs in Babylon….or 2 mystical messages in a world defiant of God and nature? One was upon a door, the other invoking many doors. One confines the mind and one frees it. Signs hanging motionless, suspended in silence, preparing for war.
“seeing a problem is half of the problem.”
Laurie Anderson
Quote of the Day
“If emotion is your first response to hearing some information, you’ve been propagandized.”
Michael Wann
Thought for the Day
The current state of western civilization: