My Spiritual Wanderings and Wonderings

March 2025

  • Politics in the Spirit

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    This blog might seem a little political but that’s because any comments, in any nation, about what’s real in everyday life is,…

  • Everything Human

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    Everything human is approximate. That’s a principle we need to keep in mind and in prayer. So, when St. Paul says…

  • Laetare/Rejoice Sunday

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    Laetare Sunday, Rejoice Sunday—I suppose because we’re half-way through Lent, which used to call for “giving things up” and maybe fasting…

  • Done in God

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    What happens is that we have a notion, or a thought, or a hankering: career, marriage, monastery, priesthood.   It floats…

  • Why We Fast for Lent

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    While we’re fasting for Lent, I might be good to be clear that we are not trying to make ourselves holy.…

  • Ashes to Ashes, for a While

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    Ash Wednesday  puts  a cross on our foreheads. This morning, the whole Jesuit retirement community was at Mass, and a lot…