Homily 2012-08-10 - Rev Br John Paul Mary MFVA - St Lawrence Deacon Martyr

A good homily from Deacon John Paul.   I found it rather fitting that a deacon should deliver today's homily.   After all, St. Lawrence, whose feast we are commemorating today, was a deacon as well as a martyr.

Unanswerable Questions

Sometimes, when I read an old book, or rather an old, used copy of a book, I find myself wondering about the book's earlier, or I should say earliest readers. For example I'm currently reading a copy of Louisa May Alcott's Under the Lilacs which came out in 1905.

I wonder about the first person, who was, I assume, perhaps erroneously, a young girl, who read this particular copy. Where did she live? What else was going on in her life? What games did she play? What were her friends like? Did she enjoy school, or was school a struggle for her? Did she have a yard or a garden with a lilac bush, and actually read this book under the lilacs? Or did she sigh wistfully, and wish she knew how lilacs smell?

New Magnets Ordered

I've just ordered two more magnets for my collection.

Not Believing, Yet Pleasing to God

There are, right now, many Catholics who do not follow the teachings of the Church.   They do not believe in the Real Presence.  They do not believe in the Infallibility of the Pope.  They do not obey the laws of the Church.  They do not pray.

And yet, these Catholics are pleasing to God.

Why?

They are babies.

Almost Familiar

I found an old, round brass knob in a drawer in the kitchen today. Of course, it's going into my Break-off Collection.
The funny thing is that it is almost familiar; I can almost remember the piece of furniture it came from.
Almost familiar; like a snatch of music from an old song you almost think you know; a song you very likely did know when you were very, very little.
Almost familiar, like old, faded photographs of people and/or places you almost think you remember. But do you remember them from having seen them yourself, or from having been told about them by your parents and grandparents?
And where did that knob come from?

Priests for Life, Father Pavone praised in Congress

Priests for Life, Father Pavone praised in Congress

And deservedly so!   As a pro-lifer, and a supporter of Priests for Life, I am DELIGHTED to share this.

Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival

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