1. On Palm Sunday, Christ enters Jerusalem as a conquering king, His way strewn with palms. But He is a most unusual king: riding unarmed upon a borrowed donkey, His retinue being a motley bunch of fishermen, zealots, and ex-tax collectors. And when He enters the city, He does not take His seat or meet … Continue reading Palm Sunday Flotsam: Christ’s Majesty and Lesser Matters
Meditations
Reflections on St. Joseph’s Day
Today is the Feast of St. Joseph; the man who taught God to be a man. Wading into the theology and imagery here would be intense work, so I’m going to limit myself to one subject (well, kind of). More and more it seems to me that God works in fractals: patterns repeated all the … Continue reading Reflections on St. Joseph’s Day
The Conquest of Death
For by a man came death, and by a man the resurrection of the dead. And as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. -1 Cor. 15: 21-22 God never undoes what He once does, nor unsays what He has once said. When man brought death upon himself through the … Continue reading The Conquest of Death
The World We Live In
It is, I find, fatally easy to forget what kind of world we live in, especially today. We've got all our gadgets, our (relatively) ordered society, and all the rest of it, so that it becomes only natural to fall into a kind of trance assuming that everything just kind of works and that's all … Continue reading The World We Live In
Mass Meditations – Sacrifice and Coronation
Before going to Mass today, I brought up the Enthronement Ceremony for Japanese Emperor Naruhito, intending to watch it later, though I perused a few photos and brief footage from it. In this frame of mind, I went to Mass and a number of thoughts went through my mind. I don't know how much foundation … Continue reading Mass Meditations – Sacrifice and Coronation
Sunday Thoughts: 1-5-20
Feast of the Epiphany Reading 1: Isaiah 60: 1-6 Arise, be enlightened, O Jerusalem: for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. For behold darkness shall cover the earth, and a mist the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon … Continue reading Sunday Thoughts: 1-5-20
Second Meditation: On Beauty
Note: This is just a series of loose thoughts written out more or less as they come, presented in the hopes that someone will find something worthwhile within them. Our society despises beauty. This may sound surprising, given how much we hear about overvaluing of physical appearance, impossible beauty standards in media, and the rest … Continue reading Second Meditation: On Beauty
First Meditation: God the Creator
Note: This is just a series of loose thoughts written out more or less as they come, presented in the hopes that someone will find something worthwhile within them. Most of the truths of our faith have become truisms through repetition, so that we fail to appreciate their meaning. To say that God created … Continue reading First Meditation: God the Creator
Serpent's Den 