Sunday, March 31, 2013

Friday, March 29, 2013

The Cross

"He gave Himself wholly to you: He left nothing to himself." -St. John Chrysostom 

"Let us go often to the foot of the Cross... We shall learn there what God has done for us, and what we ought to do for him." -St. John Vianney

“Our tendency in the midst of suffering is to turn on God. To get angry and bitter and shake our fist at the sky and say, "God, you don't know what it's like! You don't understand! 
You have no idea what I'm going through. You don't have a clue how much this hurts." 
The cross is God's way of taking away all of our accusations, excuses, and arguments.
The cross is God taking on flesh and blood and saying, "Me too.”- Rob Bell

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Simple

“Life is this simple: 
we are living in a world that is absolutely transparent,
 and the divine is shining through it all the time. 
This is not just a nice story or a fable, it is true. ” -Thomas Merton

Monday, March 25, 2013

Travel



Went up to Denver last week. Amazing. It's good to get out.

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

St. Joseph, Pope Francis

How fitting on this day, the day of St. Joseph, the humble leader of the Holy Family, although completely unqualified...



We welcome as pastor of the universal church, Pope Francis! "Lowly, Yet Chosen." Love ya Papa Francis!



Monday, March 18, 2013

Crave

“Freedom is not having everything we crave, it's being able to go without the things we crave and being OK with it. ” -Rob Bell

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Captain

OUT of the night that covers me,
  Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
  For my unconquerable soul.
  
In the fell clutch of circumstance         5
  I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
  My head is bloody, but unbowed.
  
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
  Looms but the Horror of the shade,  10
And yet the menace of the years
  Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
  
It matters not how strait the gate,
  How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:  15
  I am the captain of my soul.

Saturday, March 2, 2013

Wow.

"If you can't see anything beautiful about yourself, 
get a better mirror, 
look a little closer, 
stare a little longer."