Category: Reflections

The hot water in my apartment has been acting funny the past couple of days. I’m not sure if I’ve tried taking showers just at the wrong times or what, but after 2 or 3 minutes, the water becomes cold. This is during the summer, so perhaps I should be joyful that I can use…

I love quiet. In the quiet I find God and I am able to speak to him and am able to hear him. I think because of this I need a certain amount of time alone. I need to recharge. After a long day, I like to excuse myself to my room and sit in…

On Tuesday, a friend and I made a visit to St. Mary’s Seminary. Associated with the University of St. Thomas, St. Mary’s provides the major seminary experience for students from most of the dioceses of Texas. It was a beautiful place. Our first stop, since we were uninvited visitors, was the chapel. Setup in choral…

I broke up a fortune cookie some point during the last week that held the proverb “You’ll accomplish more later if you take some time for yourself.” How do you decide which things you let go? Vanessa and I had similar discussions this week and through all of that, I’m still left with the question,…

Peace be with you! We are now a day into the season of Advent- a time of attentiveness and preparation. I look at Advent as a “mini-Lent”. Advent is the time of preparation for the coming of the Lord. Lent is the time of preparation for His resurrection. I see both of these seasons as…

If you turn to HBO at the right time, George Carlin’s latest special Life is Worth Losing is airing. While he’s crass and many of the content he creates I don’t agree with, he is incredibly smart. This HBO special includes him reflecting on how human beings do things to each other- sucide, murder, torture,…