Birthday

Yesterday was my birthday.  I am now twenty-eight.  I feel, probably wrongly, very old.  But even if I am not that much older, I think I have become somewhat wiser in this past year though through no fault or effort of my own.  So on behalf of those celebrating birthdays today, and every day throughout the year, remember that every birthday is the result of an Incarnation, the Incarnation of God's love for you.  As you have a birthday, Christ has a birthday, and through His revelation we come to know the importance of our human incarnation, for He has made us in His own image, and ever desires us to become more fully His.

I guess what I am trying to say is, Happy Birthday!

The Poor

The poor to serve are all around us. Maybe not always in money, though they are always with us, but in faith, hope, and charity. I realized working today that these are really prevalent in American society today, particularly where money abounds. Nothing new to some, I think, but an important realization for me.

Deus Vult

How often do we say, "Lord, thy will be done," and mean, "Lord, thy will be done if it happens to be mine too?"

Bless You

Whenever someone says to you, "God Bless You," or one of its many variants, think, "He has, He has given you to me to love."

Luminescence

In the dark, our sufferings always appear inky black, roiling and turbulent like a storm wracked sea. But in the light of faith, we see suffering how it truly is, the clearest of waters, filling us at times to the brim, and often overflowing from us. But because it is so clear, and because we have been filled with light, our sufferings become joy, and they pour out from ourselves to bring that light to others who are still in darkness.