Tag: Brown
Of Dead And Living Wood
Trees are remarkable. They pass nutrients to each other’s roots — are known to support nearby stumps for years; a wonder of God’s Creation. And a lesson for us. The other day an unusual feature was noticed on a crepe myrtle tree: a branch that had been pruned but apparently fell among the other branches… Read More ›
Getting rid of Idols
What idols are in your life? Do you recognize them all? Here, we can all use an “illumination.” For idols are many — and very sneaky, as well as entrenched: seemingly normal. Very often, we justify them. There are idols of self: ego, vanity, selfishness. (Do you put your interests above those of others — in ways large… Read More ›
The Daniel Fast
While anxiety and confusion are usually the first signs of evil, the devil also likes to do two things in a special way. He likes to lie and create fear. For Satan is a supreme liar, and will whisper into your ears discouragement, disparagement, false notion, umbrage, anger, false memory, exaggeration. He can also make… Read More ›
Archbishop Indicates Medjugorje Will Be Approved This Year
Spirit Daily: A Catholic news website in Poland, Religia Deon.pl, interviewing the Pope’s envoy to Medjugorje, reports: “In Medjugorje, everything is going in the right direction,” says Archbishop Henryk Hoser, who examines as a delegate of the Holy See the pastoral situation in this extraordinary place, where 2.5 million pilgrims arrive each year. Abp Hoser positively evaluates… Read More ›
Fatima Seers and the ‘Roaring Twenties’: What Does It Now Portend?
In private apparitions after the major ones, Fatima seer Jacinta Marto — said she was told a few things that should give modern society pause — rather urgently. For example: “The sins of the world are very great.” “The sins that lead more souls to hell are the sins of the flesh.” “Fashions that will… Read More ›
The Importance of Silence
Did you know that Microsoft has built a chamber at its hardware lab that’s just about perfectly silent — billed as the quietest room on the planet? It’s for testing the sounds made by its tablets, with no interference whatsoever from even the slightest external noise, lined thickly with sound-absorbent tiles and separated from the… Read More ›
The Incredible Hidden Suffering and Final Words of Famed Seer
When officials released Fatima seer Lucia dos Santos’ first memoir in 1976, great light was shed on the extraordinary and largely hidden lives of the two younger visionaries — Francisco and Jacinta Marto. Recall often we should how these two siblings, who were Lucia’s cousins and best friends, died very soon after the dramatic apparitions… Read More ›
The Star is always there
Wear the robe of Heaven, not that of this world. Be in this world, but not of it. Be otherworldly though here on earth. Choose simplicity over what is royal. This is a lesson of an Infant in a manger against the great and growing temptation of our time. Try to see things more from… Read More ›
Doctor had vision of netherworld
“Those who profit from the health of others will find their reward in the jewels of hell.” If that “word of knowledge” bears credence, there are some in the medical industry (pharmaceutical companies, insurance conglomerates, hospitals, surgeons, specialists) who may want to pay heed. For those who claim to have glimpsed sheol have been known… Read More ›
Time for mercy, but deep mercy
It is a time for mercy, no question about that. It’s the “Year of Mercy,” so proclaimed by the Pope. Holy Doors of Mercy have been opened ceremoniously in dozens of important basilicas, shrines, and cathedrals around the world [here’s a list]. This Pope will be known as the “Pope of Mercy” — feeding and… Read More ›