Servus Domini

If you look around and pause long enough and allow yourself to think, you will discover the hand of God in all the marvelous things you see. And then you cannot but be humble and pray to acknowledge, with thankfulness and awe, the Creator of it all.

"And Mary treasured

all these things

and pondered them

in her heart."

Lk 2:19

These blog articles are stories and ponderings of a fellow traveler who finds the Lord in ordinary things. If a few readers will find here something of relevance and value to them,

this humble effort to proclaim in this simple way God's abiding presence, overflowing love, goodness and mercy shall have been worthwhile. As always, Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam!

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Thirsting for Prayer

Thirsting for Prayer

"What the world most needs today is prayer. It is prayer that will give birth to all the renewals, healings, deep and fruitful transformations we all want for society today.... I am more and more convinced that everything comes from prayer and that, among the calls of the Spirit, this is the first and most urgent one we should respond to." I highly recommend this book on prayer. I am carefully reading it now, I'm sure it will help me in my prayer life.

If Christ was humble, why can't we be?

If Christ was humble, why can't we be?

"So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any incentive of love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfishness or conceit, but in humility count others better than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which was in Christ Jesus, who, t

Abou Ben Adhem

Abou Ben Adhem

There is a poem entitled "Abou Ben Adhem" by James Henry Leigh Hunt we read in high school. It sometimes comes to mind because our teacher required us to memorize it in full: Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold:— Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the Presence in the room he said "What w

The Jesus Math: 77 Times = Countless Times

The Jesus Math: 77 Times = Countless Times

The Gospel Reading for today: "Peter approached Jesus and asked him, "Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?" Jesus answered, "I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times." Our Lord Jesus suffered so much from His persecutors and He forgave them as he continued to suffer on the cross. View this video to get an idea. How much and how often have we suffered from those who have offended us? Is it anything like Jesus

"Peregrinantur, Rusticantur" -- We Are All Pilgrims

"Peregrinantur, Rusticantur" -- We Are All Pilgrims

Sometimes in quiet moments some memories, or even just words, pop up into our consciousness. "Peregrinantur", "Rusticantur" -- These are words from one of the classic writings of the Roman philosopher/orator Cicero which we, as seminarians, studied in our Latin Poetry and Rhetoric class many many years ago. Once they all of a sudden came back to mind. "Peregrinantur" in simple English means "going on a pilgrimage, while "rusticantur" means "going to/living in the countrysi

From Here to Eternity

From Here to Eternity

Lent is a reminder of the Lord's Paschal Mystery -- His passion, death on the cross, and His resurrection. All for us -- that He may save us from sin and bring us to the glory of heaven . . . for all eternity. The great saint, Bernard of Clairvaux, is known for his often-quoted question in Latin: "Quid hoc ad aeternitatem?" which is translated: "What is this in relation to eternity?" This guided him in his outlook towards life, in dealing with events of life, and in making c

The Meaning of Lent and the Samaritan Woman

The Meaning of Lent and the Samaritan Woman

LENT AND CHURCH GROWTH But in the early days of the Church, Lent was not so much a time to focus inward. It was time for Catholics to focus outward. It is a time not just for personal growth, but for growth of the Church. In the days of the Church Fathers, did the whole Church fast, pray, and give alms for the forty days preceding Easter? Absolutely. But Catholics did this primarily for the sake of others rather than themselves. There were two groups of people that were the m

My Father Knew Only Four Latin Words

My Father Knew Only Four Latin Words

My dad knew only four Latin words: "Tempus fugit. Memento mori." These are also the first four Latin words I learned from him. "Time flies. Remember death." These words he never forgot. They gave him focus in his life, and I must say, because of him, gave me focus in my own. My dad lived a simple but fruitful life. He preached by example, rarely by words. He influenced many men in our town to join the Knights of Columbus which he helped establish in our parish (where I think

"Listen to Him" - A Homily on the Transfiguration

"Listen to Him" - A Homily on the Transfiguration

The story is told of a 75-year old woman who in a vision, spoke to God and asked him, “God, how much time do I have to live?” God said, “35 more years.” And so for one whole year, the old woman did everything to make her face look beautiful and her body reshaped into that old Coca-Cola bottle figure. She underwent plastic surgery several times: she had a face-lift and had her nose reshaped, she underwent liposuction where her body bulged in the wrong places. In other words,

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