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Christ said,
"I am the Truth"; he did not say "I am the custom." -- St.
Toribio
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
A Word on Wednesday, Wednesday, June 20, 2012,St Toribio
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Monday, June 18, 2012
A very sensible comment from
the Editors of National Review on Obama’s immigration move.
This executive order would, therefore, be
entirely unacceptable even if it represented good policy. But it does not.
Congress has been correct to reject earlier attempts at this sort of limited
amnesty, and the American public is correct to remain generally skeptical of
amnesty proposals. The amnesty proponents will of course point to any number of
cases in which a young person is facing a painful situation through no fault of
his own, and one would have to have a heart as hard as coffin nails not to sympathize,
but the fact is that it was not the people of the United States who put these
young people in legal jeopardy — it was their parents. Without first ensuring
effective enforcement at the border and at the workplace, any step toward
normalizing the status of those here in violation of the law invites more of
the same abuse and disorder.
Sunday, June 17, 2012
The Desert Fathers, Sunday, June 17, 2012, St. Cyril of Jerusalem
O strange and
inconceivable thing! We did not really die, we were not really buried, we were
not really crucified and raised again, but our imitation was but a figure,
while our salvation is in reality. Christ was actually crucified, and actually
buried, and truly rose again; and all these things have been vouchsafed to us, that
we, by imitation communicating in His sufferings, might gain salvation in
reality. O surpassing loving-kindness! Christ received the nails in His
undefiled hands and feet, and endured anguish; while to me without suffering or
toil, by the fellowship of His pain He vouchsafed salvation.
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| English: Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, fresco at a greek orthodox church (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
St. Cyril of
Jerusalem
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Saturday Gifts
The
air seems a little better today, we have a bit of a breeze and so it seems a
bit clearer than it was yesterday. Recovering from my shoulder replacement last
week, part of my rehab is to go outside and walk at least two or three times a
day. In the last two days I haven't been able to that. I'm looking forward to being able to do that
today, to get outside and walk a little.
It is a beautiful day and I should get out.
I
remember, for someone having surgery as major as this was, it would be the
practice to have them stay in the hospital two to three weeks, if it could be
done at all. I was up within 12 hours,
home in less than 24! I fret about not
being able to get up and go for a walk a week after surgery, not thinking that
I am very blessed to be able to do that at all, it's something that I'm truly
grateful for. I try not to let myself
forget that probably 15 years ago the surgery wouldn't have even been possible
and I would've been condemned to a life of ever decreasing movement in my right
arm. God truly is great. God has also
blessed me in that, contrary to predictions, I have had no pain whatsoever in
my right shoulder; after such a surgery it's a miracle.
I
should also say that I'm writing this post via dictation to the Vdictation app
on my ipad. I've done this with the last two or three posts and I'm getting
better at it, which I'm also grateful
for. It lets me have some contact with the world during a time when my movement
is still somewhat restricted.
What
are you grateful for today?
Death To Self
How misunderstood, even by Christians, is the idea of death
to self. We are not out to destroy ourselves, rather to glory in God. It's the only "self-improvement
project" worth undertaking. It's
not denial, rather affirmation of who we are.
Merton says, “He Who made our flesh and gave it to our spirit as its servant
and companion, will not be pleased by a sacrifice in which the flesh is
murdered by the spirit and returned to Him in ruin.”
Friday, June 15, 2012
A Smokey Day --Again
There's lots of smoke in the air of this morning, it's from the fire up in Fort Collins, nearly 150 miles north. This is as it was yesterday, but seems to be a little worse today since we don't have any wind to help clear up smoke. There is, of course, an air quality advisory out for most of the day. It makes for a very difficult time going outside, or doing much of anything other than in the house. To make matters worse we had a power outage at the house last night lasting about eight hours starting about 2:30 in the afternoon, so the air conditioning wasn't working during that time to help keep the air circulating; hope they get it out soon.
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