Apprentice 2 Jesus

  • God doesn’t need soldiers

    Some thoughts from Pope Leo XIV: ” Brothers, sisters… I speak to you, especially to those who no longer believe, no longer hope, no longer pray, because they think God has left. Read more

  • Week 13: The Affections of Christ and Rising to the Call

    “Many poets are not poets for the same reason that many religious men are not saints: they never succeed in being themselves. They never get around to being the particular poet or the particular monk they are intended to be by God. They never become the man the or the artist who is called for… Read more

  • Remember the poor

    As I began to reflect HERE about Pope Leo XIV’s choice of name and possible direction of his papacy, I wanted to reflect more on Pope Leo XIII and the encyclical, “On Capital and Labor” written in 1891. Read more

  • Week 12: The Affections of Christ and Silence

    This quote from Thomas Merton is incredibly wise… and hard. Do everything you can to avoid the noise and the business of men. Keep as far away as you can from the places where they gather to cheat and insult one another, to exploit one another, to laugh at one another, or to mock one… Read more

  • Pope Leo XIV

    An American pope. And immediately, ideologues are tearing into Pope Leo’s upbringing, teachings, actions, and how close he was or wasn’t to Pope Francis. We want him pigeonholed as quickly as possible so we can give our hot takes and then move on with how we will treat him going forward. Read more

  • The synchronicity of God’s love

    Synchronicity is a concept coined by Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung in the 1950s to describe meaningful coincidences that appear to have no causal connection. Read more

  • Week 11 — The Affections of Christ in the Familiar

    I am on a particular journey in my study/meditation of Scriptures over a three year period. Beginning last Church Year, I make my habit to study the readings for the next Sunday. They are also my meditation. It has been a wonderful journey and I have generally stayed on track. Read more

  • Attempting to overcome utilitarianism

    The assumption behind utilitarian pragmatism is that human endeavors are only deemed worthwhile if they are useful to the whole, whether that be a company, family or community. In such a world, those who are disabled, those who are oppressed, or those who are without voice are seen as ‘useless’ and disposable. We have a… Read more

  • Week 10: The Affections of Christ and the Power of Resurrection

    One of the New Testament offerings for Easter Sunday was Colossians 3:1-4 . It sets my heart on meditation every time. This is a rich passage that cannot stop at v. 4 for me. Read more

  • And Can It Be… New Irish Choir and Orchestra

    “And Can It Be” is a favorite hymn of mine. This rendition is beautiful Read more