Cenacle Journal
Posted in Love on Jun 28th, 2005
When the doorbell rang, I opened it to a man and a young woman (a student, it turned out), dressed in the uniform of the Forest Service. “We’d like to measure your trees,” the man said. He was talking about the two huge live oaks in the front yard — actually sand live oaks, as [...]
Posted in Love, Weakness, Power on May 20th, 2005
The Christian faith calls us to love both our friends and our enemies. We are to love others, whether or not they are people we like and who like us. What a call this is! How can I love this way, when my own heart is so divided, when I am so weak and selfish [...]
Posted in Easter, Joy, Love, Resurrection on Apr 15th, 2005
Rejoice, O earth, in shining splendor, radiant in the brightness of your King! Christ has conquered! Glory fills you! Darkness vanishes for ever! (Easter Proclamation, Roman Rite) There is a literary practice called the “pathetic fallacy,” which attributes human feelings to non-human creation. Often the pathetic fallacy is used to show the natural surroundings in [...]
Posted in Cenacle, Cross, Forgiveness, Love, Mary on Mar 26th, 2005
ACT OF OBLATION Lord Jesus, I unite myself to your perpetual, unceasing, universal sacrifice. I offer myself to you every day of my life and every moment of every day, according to your most holy and adorable will. You have been the victim of my salvation, I wish to be the victim of your love. [...]
Two signs, from a recent trip, read something like this: 1. Tacked on a tree by the side of the highway: REPENT! FINAL CHANCE!2. Stuck on the back window of an SUV: I DON’T LIKE YOU EITHER.The first one may have been put there with good intentions, but it revealed, I believe, a flawed knowledge [...]
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