The Love Chapter

While rummaging through my wallet turning up artifacts like abone digger in a tar pit, I uncovered a tidbit from my past. It was a laminated heart with a cross in it I got from www.Stjudeshrine.Org. It has the "love chapter" printed on the back. I kept it knowing one day I would need it somehow.

I Corinthians 13:4-8 is the declaration of all that love is and the indictment of how miserably we fail to do it.

I was in an angered state over a perceived wrongdoing I had suffered. I was not patient, nor kind. I was too busy taking into account the wrong. I bore nothing, hoped nothing, endured nothing.

It dawned on me that God IS Love. He is all the things in the love chapter...All the time.

I was humbled, and quieted. If God can be all these things to me...A chief among sinners myself, I can make the effort heroic or not to seek such virtue toward those I should love.

I'm sorry God. I may fail... but You, who is Love, do not.
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Sorry for spelling...

Sorry for the spelling errors in the last post. It was sent via mobile and could not be corrected. I know you all are both intellegent and forgiving...

thanks :)

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What renders a man impure?

"All these evils come from within and render a man impure."

There are plaes in scripture where one could begin an examination of conscience. The ten commandments is one place and Mark chapter 7 is another.

The list is long and includes adulterous conduct, greed, arrogance, maliciousness, and folly. All thing which we can easily find ourselves if we are not careful.

And care must be taken as all these sins come from our hearts. Sure there is some help from the world and the devil, but our flesh and primarily our heart is the culprit. It is so imortant to fix our minds upon the things of God in order to guard our hearts.

May God and his angels protect you today and help you in you quest for holiness and purity. AMEN.

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The Money Hand

I've been itching for something lately. Really, the hand I busted up in my bike crash has been driving me crazy. At three in the morning my hand just starts itching like I have never known before. It was so bad I rubbed a blister on my hand.

As far as I can tell it is either tendons healing, nerve damage, or, as a friend said, I'm in for a load of cash.

I'll take door number....?

-pax et bonum

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Achtung Baby

I was sitting at a table this morning, enjoying a psuedo-cafe breakfast of Starbucks frappicino and Poptarts with my wife. The store employee was sweeping and mopping when I noticed the wet floor caution marker had "achtung" on it. I thought that was kind of unusual. I mean where, aside from the ocassional album title do you ever hear that used.

Is this some form of extreme political correctness? Out here on the shore you are probably more likely to warn of wet floors in Russian than German. I don't get it...But it definitely got my "attention"!
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Beautiful Sunday at our Domestic Church

We spent part of our morning as a family speaking of today's second reading:

Be filled with the Holy Spirit, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and inspired songs. Sing praise to the LORD with all your hearts. Give thanks to the God the Father always and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. -Eph. 5:15-20.

In our little "domestic church" the impact of giving thanks in ALL things is becoming a a recurring theme. Today we knelt together and thanked God for the difficulties and disappointments that we face and forget to be thankful for. After all God is in control and makes all things work together for the good of those who love the LORD (Rom 8:28).

It was precious and funny as we thanked God for literally ALL things good and bad. This is God's will for us (I Thess 5:16-18). So we do it. And expect God to work for our good and the good of all the Church...Big and small.
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On being NOT Funny

God must be serious about St. Francis' 21st admonition...The part about cracking jokes. Mind you a good sense of humor is an asset...Yet sometime it can be misunderstood.

Yesterday the topic of a good night's sleep came up. I jokingly suggested a coma inducing drug, noting that it was possible that-like Michael Jackson-it may be a prolonged sleep. Normally the parties involved can handle things like that. But on this day I was being corrected for "not having the right to talk about someone I don't know". The way I see it is if you wear a "kick me" sign in public expect to be kicked.

The tirade continued and no amount of logic or philosophy could illuminate the discussion. And as usual, when things get tough, they call my Christianity into question. FYI: judge not lest you be judged? Sure but don't forget we will know them by thier fruit.
Being a fruit inspector, some things are just funny...Err I mean some things are NOT funny...I think.

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Why I Tweet

Twitter is a world phenomena. Having made the cover of Time magazine and every Tv network and entertainment outlet, business and blog in the world it is a very big thing. Not too shabby for 140 words per post!

I had used Twitter myself as a tool to update my Facebook through my blogs and my phone. Sort of marketing, sort of not, since many of my articles are personal experience I consider them to be 'status' updates.

I then was studying St. Francis' Admonition 21. It speaks in taking no pleasure or joy in anything but holy conversations, and the words and deeds of the LORD. I find that on Twitter I can connect with and converse with those of like mind in short instant message-like dialogue. I can reply to them, direct message them, and share with retweets. This is something I can do with only a few on Facebook. Twitter to me hones down the search for a spiritual community. Some bishops claim FB and Twitter dehumanize community. Maybe so but it has helped me.

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St. Lawrence's Ribs

I've been celebrating the feast day of deacon and martyr St. Lawrence. He was famous for being "cooked" on a grill. Having been on it for a while he finally had to say to his torturers, "I think I'm done on that side...You can turn me over now"! Being a humorist myself, Lawrence's is one of my favorite saints.

So on my way to work I'm thinking about how I might be a witness at work. It just kind of happened. I am working at a deli and I started with set up this a.m. Inadvertently my manager/co-worker left some barbequed ribs in the oven too long. They were a little dark...As if charred on a grill. So we put them out.

A little while later it occurred to me that we could sell them as "St. Lawrence's Ribs"! Vicky, busted out laughing, knowing the story of the saint, and promptly handed me a marker and a sign. And of course it had a sale price on it.

We sold it all! Way to go Lawrence!
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Something Fishy Here

I've been reading a funny blog http://seesomethingfishy.Wordpress.Com .

I have decided to refrain from adding to the comedy of the Whitehouse snitch program described here: http://whitehouse.Gov/blog/Facts-Are-Stubborn-Things .

Well maybe just a little. I'm not a fan of Mr. Obama and I think he is ruining the US in so many ways I don't know where to start first. Maybe we could start with the first amendment to the constitution... All the rhetoric about "scary" e-mails are really a matter of perspective. Frankly any Democratic talking point from any source sends me into wild fits of terror. But that aside the simple request to "flag" american citizens is a far more telling act of socialism than the remarks to Joe the plumber ever was.

But hey...it was the Hollywierds who as Jay Leno has shown, can't tell you who lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue but know who lives in a pineapple under the sea, who put them in office...Read them your rights at flag@whitehouse.gov .

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Who's At The Beach?

Hope your having a blast!!!

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Where Does Your Taste Take You?

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Catholic Dads Blog

I'd like to take the opportunity to thank the fine folks at the Catholic Dads Blog for accepting me as a member and contributor.

The blog exists because, as the byline declares, "we can use all the help we can get"! It is a great place to share and learn about being a Catholic dad. But you don't have to be Catholic to see these men and thier devotion to Christ and to thier families.

So visit the site...Bless and be blessed by it.

-pax et bonum

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Catholics don't read the bible...But if they did...

...here are ten points on better bible reading from the USCCB.

http://usccb.org/mr/mediatalk/bible_catholics.shtml

When I returned to the Catholic Church after a long protestant detour, I was amazed at the fears my friends had that I might suddenly stop reading the bible. It is as if I decided that the bible was no longer neccesary because I now had the Pope.

I crack up at the thought because daily all Catholics have Old and New Testament, Psalm and Gospel readings in our mass. This in my experience is a much more systematic approach to scripture than most protestant sermonizers. And the argument that the church is interpreting scripture for you gets muted when you realize your pastor- via John Calvin, Martin Luther and/or an exotic blend of others- is doing it to you.

My advise is to read and heed. Read the bible. Heed the message given you through it and the shepherd God has appointed you. Trust God to guide by both.
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