In Earthen Vessels

For if these things are done when the wood is green what will happen when it is dry? (Luke 23:31) I have explained this verse as it appears in context, but what happens if we read it in the context of our lives? For if these things are done when the wood is green what will happen when it is dry? Sign in to see full entry.

I found the following news item from the Curt Jester's blog. Too bad it had no links to the original source. Link: The Curt Jester. The Seven Deadly Sins -- anger, gluttony, sloth, envy, pride, lust and greed -- are out of date and should include cruelty, adultery and bigotry, the results of an... Sign in to see full entry.

Ester told me yesterday about her near-death experience a couple of years ago. She was operated on for a ruptured appendix -- she should have died, but did not. She didn't give the details of that experience, I didn't give her a chance. It was not because I didn't believe in near-death experiences... Sign in to see full entry.

I caught an old Franciscan on EWTN this morning. He talked about five things that the baptized should keep percolating in his/her mind as a way of remembering what it means to be a Christian. Here are those five ideas: God loves you. John wrote “God is love” and “This is the love of God: not that we... Sign in to see full entry.

I found these three articles on the web about the reaction of certain groups in the American Catholic Church regarding the non-inclusion of Thomas Merton to the Adult Catechism to be published by the hierarchy: Thomas Merton Desecrated. This also includes a Letter to Bishop Donald Wuert of the... Sign in to see full entry.

Remember the monk who was one of the 20th century's spiritual gurus? Looks like the Catholic Church in America has taken him out of an edition of the Catechism that it is publishing and now a controversy has resulted. Here is an excerpt of the report: Scholars and other admirers of Thomas Merton are... Sign in to see full entry.

As I stand before the threshold of 2005 I look back at the things that happened during the past year. What is God telling me through all the events of my life? What is He requiring of me as I move forward into the future He alone knows? January 2004 opened with me in vacation. I was marked by doubts... Sign in to see full entry.

She could have been a great blogger. But she lived at a time when the internet didn't exist yet. She was a contemplative -- one who lived her life within cloister walls. And yet, she has a missionary order taking its inspiration from her and she is named a patron saint of missionaries. Therese while... Sign in to see full entry.

On November 13, 2004, the members of the Order of St. Augustine remembered the 1650th birthday anniversary of St. Augustine of Hippo, "the first modern man." In Rome, part of the celebration was a solemn mass wherein Cardinal Ratzinger preached. Below is Zenit.Org's report: Augustine Faced an... Sign in to see full entry.

I have experienced the anguish of seeing my website hacked many times before. But those were just pranksters' hacks that can be corrected easily. So when I visited AgustinongPinoy this evening (6:10 PM, GMT+8) and found a 404 error message, I didn't worry much. Either the search engine robots were... Sign in to see full entry.