Catholic Remembered “At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them.” Robert Binyon November is a traditional month of remembrance. It’s customary for us to wear poppies during this month to remember all those lost to us during wars and conflict. It is also, in the Catholic tradition, the month of […] Written by Caroline October 30, 2020October 30, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Catholic Starlight He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name. Psalm 147:4 “Will you PLEASE come inside now, stargazer!”- was a refrain I would hear often when I was little. I used to spend hours sat in the field behind my house, looking at the stars. A born planner and a born […] Written by Caroline September 21, 2020September 21, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Catholic Fog “So, tell me what you understand of what I just said?” my driving instructor (who actually has the patience of a saint) asked me for the third time. “Ummmm….” I thought about it. I had heard his instruction, I knew what he had said, but my brain had ceased working; I had heard sound, but […] Written by Caroline September 13, 2020September 13, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Catholic The Journey Are we there yet? The above sounds like an innocuous enough question, that is, until it is uttered by a child or even worse, multiple children! Add the following factors: being trapped in a car with said children; heat, and a 2+ hour travel time, and the question becomes a feared one! Driving to our […] Written by Caroline August 26, 2020August 26, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Catholic Since You’ve Been Gone! “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” Matthew 5:4 This picture of my mum and my, then four-month-old son, was taken – on impulse – one Saturday afternoon in mid -November. And I almost didn’t take it! Waiting for my mum’s sisters (on a visit from Ireland) to arrive so we could go […] Written by Caroline August 6, 2020August 6, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Catholic Love One Another! “Therefore encourage one another and build up one another, just as you also are doing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:11 A couple of summers ago, I met up at a local park with one of my closest friends and our mutual children. We are very blessed, in that our children get on as well as we do, and […] Written by Caroline July 24, 2020July 24, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Catholic Home Returning and remembering I can still remember the first time I returned to Church after a long absence. I had recently moved to a new area and I found myself, one Saturday afternoon, on what seemed like a random impulse googling my local church’s Mass times. I discovered that there was a Vigil Mass in […] Written by Caroline July 12, 2020July 12, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Catholic No going back?! Responding to crisis I’m privileged to be involved in leading the Alpha Course on behalf of my parish. Back in March, with one session left of our course, we were forced to cancel our current sessions, as the severity of the Covid-19 pandemic became apparent. One week later all church services were ordered to […] Written by Caroline June 26, 2020July 9, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Catholic Beginnings, Blessings and Blogging! ” For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.” 2 Timothy 1:6 Blogging beginnings On Friday, I received […] Written by Caroline June 16, 2020July 9, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Catholic Perfect Peace! “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.” Isaiah 26:3 NOUN Unease anxiety or discontent. “public unease about defence policy” synonyms: terror · fright · fearfulness · horror · alarm · panic · agitation · trepidation · dread · consternation · dismay · distress · […] Written by Caroline June 12, 2020July 9, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Joyful Dispassion – Excited Non-attachment These two oxymoron’s may seem to make no sense, to be internally inconsistent. And yet they are at the heart of living a fully human, spiritual life. For much of my practice, the emphasis has been to learn to see things as being just the way they are, that it’s all ok, that I […] Written by Ronald Hirsch April 12, 2021April 12, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Eternity And Liberation: A Commentary On The Anuruddha Sutta by Jim Wilson Eternity and Liberation On a number of occasions when someone asked the Buddha about the nature of the eternal, or the extent of eternity, or whether eternity existed, the Buddha refused to answer, or responded by saying that such questions were not conducive to practice, to liberation. In the sutras, the […] Written by Minerva Lee April 11, 2021April 11, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Joyful Dispassion – Excited Non-attachment These two oxymoron’s may seem to make no sense, to be internally inconsistent. And yet they are at the heart of living a fully human, spiritual life. For much of my practice, the emphasis has been to learn to see things as being just the way they are, that it’s all ok, that I […] Written by Ronald Hirsch April 12, 2021April 12, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Eternity And Liberation: A Commentary On The Anuruddha Sutta by Jim Wilson Eternity and Liberation On a number of occasions when someone asked the Buddha about the nature of the eternal, or the extent of eternity, or whether eternity existed, the Buddha refused to answer, or responded by saying that such questions were not conducive to practice, to liberation. In the sutras, the […] Written by Minerva Lee April 11, 2021April 11, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
I’m not very good at meditating It’s true, I’m not very good at meditating. And that’s exactly how I know meditation works. Because as unruly as my mind may be at times, the habit of daily meditation makes a huge difference in my life. Yes, when I can focus on the breath, when I can feel stillness, it’s delicious and uplifting. […] Written by Stephanie Noble April 10, 2021April 10, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Judgments are so easy I participated in a small 24-hour clergy spiritual retreat over the last day (through zoom). The woman leading the retreat was talking this morning about judgment. Her point was that judgment is easy, but that it is not where we will find God. She began by asking us to look at […] Written by Barbara Barkley April 12, 2021April 12, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
5 Ways to Pray for Our Asian American ‘Ohana Our Asian American ‘ohana (family) is hurting and needs your help and prayers! Though we are a diverse ‘ohana, including East Asians, Southeast Asians, and South Asians, our culture is often silent about our trauma. But we feel the pain of stereotypes, discrimination, mistreatment, and hate and racism. We feel the pain of not belonging, […] Written by intervarsity April 12, 2021April 12, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Humor Sunday – Does God Have the Last Laugh? Luke 24:13-35 Some jokes to start us off: Funny signs: in a shoe repair store: We will heel you. We will save your sole. We will even dye for you. In a Podiatrist’s office: Time wounds all heels. On a Septic Tank Truck: Yesterday’s Meals on Wheels […] Written by Barbara Barkley April 12, 2021April 12, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
‘Go and Do Likewise’: Pursuing the Biblical Call to Justice On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?” He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with […] Written by Red Letter Christians April 12, 2021April 12, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
