Friday, August 31, 2018

The "Foolishness of God"

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Silver rosary from Guadalupe, with papal cross: .
Thursday, August 30, 2018

"We Wish We Had No Noses" (a poetic fragment)

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"We Wish We Had No Noses" (a poetic fragment) by JJ 8/30/2018 Anger, it's true, anger is there. And other sensations...
Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Cross

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Simon  of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the cross. (Image from the  Stations of the Cross   at our parish church.)
Monday, August 27, 2018

Wine Study, Summer 2018

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Sunday, August 26, 2018

WELCOME TO THE REVOLUTION?

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This is an abstract work that has been developing over the past few months. Now is as good a time as any to be finished with it and to in...
Saturday, August 25, 2018

"You Are My Refuge..."

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"With my voice I cry to the  Lord ; w ith my voice I make supplication to the   Lord . I pour out my complaint before him; I tel...
Friday, August 24, 2018

Late Summer Evening

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Thursday, August 23, 2018

Jesus is God Drawn Close To Our Wounded Humanity

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We live in a world of immense suffering. We all know how hard it is to deal with acute, immediately perceptible instances of suffering—...
Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Salve Regina

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Here is the Virgin of Guadalupe on a postcard looking "down" upon me from the shelf next to my bed. I really, really need her to ...
Tuesday, August 21, 2018

I'm Gonna LOSE CONTROL!

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I'm afraid that I'm losing control  of life. I am too highly sensitive a person. Pathologically sensitive, perhaps... hmm, I do...
Monday, August 20, 2018

Saint Bernard: "Wisdom Cries Out..."

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Sunday, August 19, 2018

Crime and Punishment: "I am the Murderer!"

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From the cover of a recent Russian edition. Today I shall present and comment briefly upon two scenes from Dostoevsky's enduring m...
Saturday, August 18, 2018

Turn and Be Converted From All Your Crimes

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"Turn and be converted from all your crimes, that they may be no cause of guilt for you. Cast away from you all the crimes you have ...
Thursday, August 16, 2018

"Remember..." by JJ

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What do I have here? Another poem? Something like that, I suppose. I might be putting together lyrics for a song. If anyone has any idea...
Wednesday, August 15, 2018

The Church Today: Is There Anyone We Can Trust?

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Today has been a difficult day for many Catholic Christians in the USA. Above all it is difficult for those who have been reminded by yes...
Tuesday, August 14, 2018

For Maximilian Kolbe: An Old Poem By a Young Man

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This is a poem I wrote nearly 30 years ago, to commemorate the great love of Saint Maximilian Kolbe. He offered his own life in exchange fo...
Sunday, August 12, 2018

Things That Are 'Brewing'

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As my wild partying Summer continues, Eileen and I got over to the (relatively) new Front Royal Brewery on Main Street for a meal and some...
Saturday, August 11, 2018

Hey Y'all, August is Still Summer!

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Here's my annual "Rant"—which is comic  really, because I know this is just the way it is, and we've been doing it ev...
Friday, August 10, 2018

The Abyss of These Days

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        Silhouette of Christina Grimmie (1994-2016). Still frame from video for Stay With Me. The Abyss of These Days Another of the...
Thursday, August 9, 2018

Edith Stein and the "Here-and-Now" of Salvation

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On August 9 we remember Edith Stein, twentieth century philosopher who journeyed from her Jewish roots through atheism to the encounter wit...