“Jesus is saying there must be a clear consistency, a constant unity between our means and the ends we hope to achieve. There is no way to peace other than peacemaking itself. How you get there is always where you finally arrive.”
Adapted from Jesus’ Plan for the New World, Father Richard Rohr, p.139
Profound. Want love? Then love. Get to justice by practicing it. Achieve success by being successful…
‘Rather, the Kingdom is within you and it is outside of you.’ The Gospel of Thomas
Father Jeff Jubbard’s homily “The Dangerous Reality of Eating” nicely enriched the last two homilies Father John has delivered at St. Peter’s. I don’t understand the mystery of the Eucharist, but I need it, and it should be more important in our lives.
Simultaneously, I’ve been trying to eat less (and exercise more), and the practice of counting every calorie can get a little obsessive. The epidemic of American obesity and its related chronic conditions hits home for those of use who pay health insurance premiums and those who love people who are too heavy. So it seems like this summer has been all about food…
Perhaps we as a nation are so obsessed with food because we are not truly getting what we hunger for: Christ. Maybe we have a spiritual, soul kind of hunger that we misinterpret, or misdirect. Maybe if Americans went to church more often, and received the Sacraments more frequently (and with a less ‘casual’ attitude), we would feel full, satisfied. Maybe it’s not all about food after all.
“In an age of sensuality and materialism the Assumption points out the dignity and destiny of our human body, extols the dignity of womanhood, and turns our eyes to the true life beyond the grave. At Mass today ask Mary for the grace to keep your mind fixed on things above and to aspire continually to be united with her and to be brought to the glory of the Resurrection.”
http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm
“If you’re against capital punishment, you must be more against capital punishment against babies, which is carried out without trial or jury or appeal or court-appointed lawyer.
If you’re against war, you must be more against war conducted against babies by their parents and doctors, since unborn babies are the ultimate defenseless pacifists, only wanting to go about their own business of growing and living.
If you’re against poverty, you must be more against babies being deprived of their only property, their own lives and bodies.
If you’re for social justice, you must be more in favor of justice for babies as an integral part of religion and society.
There is no social ill, no injustice, no horror that is not intensified when it involves the unborn, for they have the least power and the most need. If we don’t protect our young, we don’t protect anyone.”
Science fiction used to be a lot more political. Now it’s… well, it’s quite often about Christianity.
Read this terrific article by Benjamin A. Plotinsky called, ‘How Science Fiction Found Religion’
Think that ‘doing your thing’ in your ordinary daily life doesn’t really matter? Watch this short video about Saint Joseph. Turns out that God can use our simple, ordinary stuff to change the world:
Father above,
Christ of love,
Holy Spirit healing dove,
Fill my heart, O Triune God.
From sickness heal;
From sorrow seal;
I beg as I kneel;
Fill my heart, O Triune God.
My body cleanse;
My soul defend;
My life whole again;
Fill my heart, O Triune God.
Mary lift me,
Michael carry me,
Brendan lead me,
Brigid hold me,
Patrick protect me,
Columba guide me,
To the perfect place,
Of healing grace,
Where I may see His Face,
And dwell In the heart of the Triune God. Amen.
Msgr. Eric R. Barr
Vicar for Clergy and Religious for the Diocese of Rockford, Illinois
http://anamchara.blogs.com/
Father Jeff Jubbard’s homily “The Dangerous Reality of Eating” nicely enriched the last two 
“The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still. We feel the thing we ought to be beating beneath the thing we are.”
