Where Are You Today, Lord?

Reflection from one year ago on Ash Wednesday: As I sat in a pew today contemplating the burnt palms for ashes, along with sin and repentance, I suddenly realized that I have been transforming from within.  It’s been very difficult – and it will continue to be – because I am human. But thank God, … Continue reading "…Ashes and Dust"

Reflection from one year ago: Today I was getting a bit exasperated with some of my homework.   I’m not sure if it was the steady diet of perplexing texts of which I was trying to digest into something understandable, the time needed to formulate an answer or the time needed to learn a mystical and … Continue reading "…Time With God"

Reflection from one year ago: Funny how we unload our mental anguishes or frustrations onto a good friend or close relative only to turn around and have someone else, open their burden to us.   It’s like our own plate was cleaned so we could have room for others.  It’s not burdensome to help others – it … Continue reading "…An Answer to Someone’s Prayer"

Reflection from one year ago That moment when I realized my prayers are not only being heard but also enhanced with a surprise element… Continue to ask God’s will in prayer…because His responses are overwhelmingly captivating. Gloria in Excelsis Deo! Paula    

Reflection from one year ago: I have a good friend that is a devout Catholic.  He was very close to his mother who passed away last year.  In his childhood, it was her that nurtured his strong and unwavering faith.  I was bewildered to the amount as it was certainly more than any man I had ever met … Continue reading "…Ageless Love of God"

Reflection from one year ago: Today, I attended a professional training class at a local college.  As I was walking among the co-eds who were half my age, I wondered about that time long ago when I had wanted to live at a campus.   Through events that changed that course, I considered in this brief … Continue reading "…If Today You Hear His Voice"

Reflection from one year ago: It seems so breathtakingly easy for Jesus to show love that encompasses compassion, empathy, charity, and sacrifice. The agape love that is unique within a relationship between man and God.  This relationship can be individual but also encompass all of humanity, all at the same time. So in our own … Continue reading "…Unmerited Love"

Reflection from one year ago: My high school yearbook caption for dreams and goals reads: “To be successful in all aspects of life” At that young moment, I hadn’t realized the impact that faith would have in meeting that dream in all its glory. Life can offer numerous opportunities. Of those, some will be taken, some will be … Continue reading "…Faith As Art"

Reflection from a year ago: I thought I was in a professional place that was a true calling. However, my expectations and the reality clashed like hot and cold air.  After awhile, I began to see and hear things that weren’t wonderful. My heart and soul began to sink and my expectations were dropping like … Continue reading "…Called For His Purpose"

Reflection from one year ago: “The supposedly “spiritual” person is often blind to what the simple see plainly. Like the majority of people in the world, Balaam, a professing religious person, could not see God at work, not even when He was personally opposing him! Yet, the dumb donkey, a lowly beast of burden,saw God at work … Continue reading "…Spiritual Blindness"