[Pearls Ep 131:  Answering atheism Tuesday.] We’re finishing our reflection on being prepared, as we carry into the week Sunday’s Gospel message, “You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.” We always want to be prepared to serve our Lord.  And, from two weeks Read More >

[Pearls Ep 131:  Monday Motivation.] We pray it was a great weekend for you and that the week is off to a great start – and come what may that you’re aware of Christ’s nearness to you. We’re looking at being prepared.  Baseline – we want to be prepared in the event the Lord comes Read More >

[Pearls Ep 131:  Friday follow-up.] In this week’s pearls, we’re looking at being prepared.  Jesus calls us to attention, “You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.” We have cans and cans of chicken, beef and pork (supposedly they last for decades).  And sacks Read More >

[Pearls Ep 131:  Detachment and preparedness.] We’re living in strange times and more and more of us are becoming “preppers” to one degree or another.  Tell us you don’t have extra rolls of toilet paper stashed away?  And there’s increasing wisdom in having reserves of food, water, cash, etc. Why?  Because who knows what tomorrow Read More >

[Pearls Ep 130:  Answering atheism Tuesday.] Talk of detachment calls up mental images of cold, aloof, bloodless people – sort of like a Vulcan, without the benefits of being able to do a mind-meld or a neck-pinch (yes, Steve wrote that part). It’s worth emphasizing that nothing is further from the truth.  By practicing detachment Read More >

[Pearls Ep 130:  Monday motivation.] In this week’s Pearls episode, we’re digging into detachment.  As we noted, the purpose of life is union with God – we are meant to be completely attached to God – like branches to a vine.  But we can’t attach to God if we’re also attached to  ______ (insert your Read More >

[Pearls Ep 130:  Friday follow-up.] We’re looking at detachment in this week’s Pearls.  Next week we’ll go deeper into the how and why of detachment.   But it’s worth spending a little time on the what.  We all have a general idea of what an attachment is, but we’ll hear from St. Thomas Aquinas, Fr. Garrigou-LaGrange Read More >

[Pearls Ep 130:  Detachment.] It’s summertime and the living is easy.   At least until some schlub shows up and starts talking about detachment and mortification.  Please don’t shoot (or unsubscribe) – we’re just messengers… and actually, detachment is all upside. This Sunday’s Gospel reading brings us the wealthy landowner who stores up his bounty so Read More >

[Pearls Ep 129:  Answering atheism Tuesday.] As we finish looking at Jesus’ directive to “ask, seek, and knock” we note that this harkens to our free will (as does the totality of scripture). On Friday we reflected on the fact that we don’t actually change God’s mind with our asking, seeking and knocking – but Read More >

[Pearls Ep 129:  Monday motivation.] In yesterday’s Gospel reading, Jesus tells us to ask, seek and knock. This is truly foundational for our interior life – it’s not coincidental that Jesus gives us this directive on the heels of teaching us to pray the Our Father. And there’s little doubt we all have things on Read More >