Archive | Septuagesima Season

It was on a summer’s day that I took three high schoolers to enjoy a day in the waters of Santa Cruz. Camp St. Francis has a beautiful beach access away from the crowds. As we approached the water, I mentioned that there appeared to be a rip tide but the boys were only anxious […]

“A drop of ink makes thousand perhaps millions think.” As John Donne wrote it so the Lord spoke it. It is recorded that our blessed Lord wrote once in Scripture when He bent down and began tracing in the sand the sins of the Jews who brought a woman caught in adultery to Him. Today […]

The Soil verses the Seed   If I sow a word, then I reap a thought; if I sow a thought, then I reap an act; if I sow an act, then I reap a habit; if I sow a habit, then I reap a character.       It sounds so simple and in […]

A Microcosm Wrapped in a Macrocosm A scientist sits in wonder at creation in order that he might discover the truths that nature holds concealed. A little boy learns to speak after he has conquered that special word “Daddy”. Every one of us learns one step at a time until we discover that everything is […]