God will complete you… He is the spoon to your fork; the bow to your arrow; the right to your left shoe; the racket to your ball; the shield to your sword; the lyrics to your melody. Go ahead. Don’t take my word for it. Experiment. Spend your whole life searching for that one thing … Continue reading The Perfect Fit
Disturb
We lurch when we turn or stop because of an interesting thing called inertia. In physics, this property is all about the tendency of objects to resist any change in its state of motion. Don’t ask me why. No one ever really bothers to ask why. This inertia is associated with matter, about which we … Continue reading Disturb
Serving
A beautiful homily on the Martha and Mary story by Fr. Jet Villarin, SJ Poor Martha, there she is, cooking up a storm, slaving away in the kitchen, while Mary her sister is in the living room, sitting “beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak.” Before long, the envy in Martha grows … Continue reading Serving
Love and Time II: Of Love’s Winter Solstice (Part 2 of 2)
PART I of post is here. Originally written on Jan 22, 2012. by Pat Nogoy SJ “My sight tries to find her as though to bring her closer. My heart looks for her, and she is not with me. The same night whitening the same trees. We, of that time, are no longer the same. … Continue reading Love and Time II: Of Love’s Winter Solstice (Part 2 of 2)
Love and Time II: Of Love’s Winter Solstice (Part 1 of 2)
Originally written on Jan 22, 2012. by Pat Nogoy SJ “My sight tries to find her as though to bring her closer. My heart looks for her, and she is not with me. The same night whitening the same trees. We, of that time, are no longer the same. I no longer love her, that's … Continue reading Love and Time II: Of Love’s Winter Solstice (Part 1 of 2)
Much
by Fr. Jet Villarin, SJ Listen to something lovely and radical happening in the Gospel story today. The uprooting happens when Jesus is invited to dine with Simon the Pharisee. A woman (presumably of the night, “a sinful woman in the city”) gatecrashes the party and begins “to bathe his feet with her tears,”wiping those … Continue reading Much
Love and Freedom: Making Choices and Taking Chances (Final Part)
Originally written on June 20, 2008. All the excerpts used by this essay for reflection were taken from The Journals of Kierkegaard translated, selected and with an introduction by Alexander Dru, Harper and Brothers: New York, 1958. by Pat Nogoy SJ This is Part 3 of 3 Part 1: Love and Freedom: Making Choices and … Continue reading Love and Freedom: Making Choices and Taking Chances (Final Part)
Love and Freedom: Making Choices and Taking Chances (II)
Originally written on June 20, 2008. All the excerpts used by this essay for reflection were taken from The Journals of Kierkegaard translated, selected and with an introduction by Alexander Dru, Harper and Brothers: New York, 1958. by Pat Nogoy SJ This is Part 2 of 3 Part 1: Love and Freedom: Making Choices and … Continue reading Love and Freedom: Making Choices and Taking Chances (II)
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