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 “Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is … Continue reading Love and Freedom: Making Choices and Taking Chances (I)
Sticking It Out
Originally written on June 20, 2008 by Pat Nogoy SJ (Part of our scholasticate formation is delivering a sharing/homily in community masses. In Dagani House, where I am assigned to, a particular scholastic is assigned to deliver his sharing every Saturday of the month.) This feast of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, the readings of today, and … Continue reading Sticking It Out
Measuring Love II
FIRST PART OF POST HERE: Measuring Love Originally posted on May 2, 2011 by Pat Nogoy SJ You Change My Life In A Moment Janie Fricke The night's disguise was filled with clouds My world with mine was filled with grief I couldn't count all the lonely hours Spent with memories and tears I never … Continue reading Measuring Love II
Measuring Love
Originally posted on May 2, 2011 by Pat Nogoy SJ You Change My Life In A Moment Janie Fricke The night's disguise was filled with clouds My world with mine was filled with grief I couldn't count all the lonely hours Spent with memories and tears I never thought I would see the day When … Continue reading Measuring Love
The Last Stand
originally written on May 10, 2011 by Pat Nogoy, SJ “Not grace or zeal, love only was my call, and if I lose thy love, I lose my all.” Alexander Pope, Eloisa to Abelard Rain started to fall one March evening. Scores of thunder and flashes of lightning followed; its roar and quickening seemed to … Continue reading The Last Stand
Pushing Boundaries
by Pat Nogoy SJ “How does love change? The better question is: how do we change because of love. The answer is simple: Continuously, Foolishly, Endlessly.”—Ann Packer, A Dive from Clausen’s Pier Seated on a vast lawn overlooking the valley in one humid afternoon, a recent graduate whom I have guided was sharing her difficulties … Continue reading Pushing Boundaries
When I Say I Love You
What do I mean when I say “I love you?” From the onset, what seemed to be an over-run expression especially during Valentine’s is actually problematic. There is the subject “I” and the object “You.” What is fundamentally revealed in the structure of the sentence with the addition of the verb “love” is a relation and if we wonder further, we can ask: What happens when a totally different I relate to a totally different You through love?
Greater Than Death and Absurdity
For the reality of God persists; its notion knocks hard on the doors of minds and imagination. People seem to not stop in talking about it. Blame it on the culture or the institutional Church, perhaps. However, if one chooses to be open and to simply listen, may be one can stumble upon some truth of this reality we call God. Not only an abstract concept or a reality proven by logic. Not only a reality that exists and in which all other beings participate in their existence. Not only a trace of a completely Other. Not only something or someone that can be dismissed in silence. Not only an idea to be talked about.
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