Tag: darkness
We all need it from time to time
When very young, before I was 10 years of age, I guess you could say I was afraid of the dark. The surrounding blackness always scared me, for I always saw (imagined) that there was a dark figure standing there, just watching, but scary all the same. Of course it was just the corner, even… Read More ›
In times of darkness, trust
Because always, even in the darkest moments, in moments of sin, in moments of weakness, in moments of failure, I have seen Jesus and I trusted Him. He has not left me alone. —Pope Francis It can be easy to say ‘God is Love’, perhaps too easy. Love is stronger than death; it does not… Read More ›
Life is a Dark Warehouse
God does not hide things from you. He hides things for you. When you die, you’ll encounter a “warehouse” full of his surprises. Gifts. He has secrets for you. Surprises. Death is a surprise party, if we’re sanctified, if we’re prepared for it, if we have the purity of love. Right now, you are wandering,… Read More ›
Struggles with darkness often lead to eruption into light
It is a “dark” time of year, which means that those of Light shine all the brighter. It is like a seed. In the earth, before it bursts forth, a seed is in the darkness of surrounding ground and must reach forth and grow and endure against the darkness of soil before erupting into the… Read More ›
Psalm 19(18): God Creator creates brilliance of Sun
1. The sun, with its increasing brilliance in the heavens, the splendour of its light, the beneficial warmth of its rays, has captivated humanity from the outset. In many ways human beings have shown their gratitude for this source of life and well-being, with an enthusiasm that often reaches the peaks of true poetry. The… Read More ›
Parental pain
Last Sunday Tom came up to me and gave me a note. It was from a woman who wanted to speak to me about the loss of her son. From the note I learned that he was only 33 years old and died from cancer. So I started over to the retreat house praying that… Read More ›
All Hallow’s Eve Treat
Trick or Treat! Walt Disney’s original Fantasia was a classic mixture of classical music and animation. A bit dated by today’s standards it is still a beautiful use of the technology of the time. Children and adults are still fascinated by the movie. “Uncle Walt,” as so many of us knew him, was proud of… Read More ›
Pope says spiritually dry world needs faith of Christians
Vatican City, Oct 24, 2012 / 04:07 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI said at his Oct. 24 general audience that the world’s “spiritual desert” must be transformed into “fertile soil” by Christians who live their faith to its fullest. “Faith is an agreement by which our minds and our hearts say their ‘yes’ to… Read More ›
Winning the Battle Against Temptation
Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich once quipped that if we could really see, that the fallen angels that surround us would blot out the sun. I am no skeptic – I believe it. Sometimes I wonder if we realize the real struggle going on in the spiritual realm in our day to day lives. Unlike monastics… Read More ›
Blessed candles have a mysterious role against darkness
It is a time of darkness. It is a time of light. As evil surges around us, the illuminations of God intensify. But it does no good to deny the evil. Do things feel strange to you right now? Does it seem like there is a “lull” — a feeling of aridity, or vacancy; the… Read More ›