The challenge we find ourselves today is how do we achieve inner stillness is a society that promotes useless and mindless activities and noise? “In a world of noise, confusion, and conflict it is necessary that there be places of silence, inner discipline, and peace. In such places love can blossom.”[1] The way I achieve…
Rise Up… Now is the Time to Resist
I am writing this article for those Catholic men and women who are still faithful to Jesus Christ and His Magisterium. Who still pray the rosary and have a devotion to our Blessed Lady. And, who still believe in the Real Presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist. I know that these Catholic men and…
A Healer in the Spirit of the Gospels
One day several months ago, I was thinking of what a follower of Jesus would look like and how they would behave. That follower I felt should imitate Jesus in how he worked and lived his life while he walked the hills of Palestine and the streets of Jerusalem. Then I thought what scripture verse…
The Superhero, the Catholic Man and His Son
Over the last few years there have been movies about one or several of the Superheroes from the Marvel or DC universe. Many of these Superheroes have been around since the 1940’s when they first appeared in comics. These Superheroes, I believe can be an excellent archetype for the Catholic man and his son. Recently…
St. Augustine and the Plight of Catholic Men
One of the root causes of the downfall of Western Civilization is the breakup of the family. This process has been going on for decades, at least since the introduction of birth control but possibly as early as before World War II with women leaving the home to enter the work place. At first it…
Just Breathe
In many spiritual traditions throughout the world the breath is believed to carry the life force of a human being and that the act of breathing originates from the very Source of Life. In western philosophy the breath is called the Pneuma in Greek and Spiritus in Latin. In Islam it is called Baraka, Hebrew…
Hold Fast and Become a Man of God
The Crisis and the Catholic Man Today there is a crisis in the spiritual life of Catholic men. This crisis facing Catholic men is a loss of who we are as men. Once, the Church offered the necessary tools to help men cultivate a strong interior life based upon Christ and Gospels. Older men became…
Beowulf, Tolkien and Our Western Spiritual Tradition
It was through the poem Beowulf that I came to appreciate the beauty of our Western Spiritual Tradition. The number one scholar of the poem Beowulf was J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien was a scholar of Anglo-Saxon language and history and more importantly he was a Roman Catholic and…
HEALTH AND THE SPIRITUAL LIFE
Maintaining our health is probably the most important duty we will have in our life, that is of course after our spiritual life and it is a very serious responsibility. St. Paul tells us that our bodies are the Temple of the Holy Spirit; “Do you not know that your body is a temple of…
Thoughts on the Passing of Queen Elizabeth
As an American living in Canada, I never really gave the Queen much thought. (Remember we Americans rebelled against our rightful Sovereign.) The Queen never seemed to have a prominent place in Canadian society even though she was their Sovereign so I never thought about her beyond her image on money. Maybe I didn’t have…
A Finger Pointing to the Moon 