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“The power of Lenten practices”

This is the experience of all of us who are “spiritual beings immersed in the human condition.” The discovery of the Divine Presence deep within each one of us brings us into a ever deepening relationship with all that is. This discovery deepens our reverence for all of creation. This opens us to responsibilities that […]

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Pain-full lessons learned, and still to be learned

“To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. To live fully is to be always in no man’s land, to be experiencing each moment as a new and completely fresh. To live is to willingly die again and again.” (Pema Chadron) Looking back on my […]

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We are truly alive, when we share

Within your own life’s gospel story where has He revealed Himself to you? Did you deny a ministering to yourself, and allow anger and resentment to eat away at yourself, and all your relationships are seriously affected? I have found in 56 years of ministry all those plastic Facebook smiles is one teed off human […]

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We are truly alive, when we share Part 2

The names of the many martyrs of today do not hit the headlines. I did read that 125 conservationists have been killed so far this year (2019). Did that hit the evening news? Are we aware that this is happening in our world? 125 men and women in different countries prepared to sacrifice their lives […]

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We are truly alive, when we share

My middle name is Irenaeus. In Greek it means “man of peace.” I was named after my uncle, Fr. Tim O’Sullivan O.F.M. cap. (He restored the Old Mission in Santa Barbara). St. Irenaeus has been a hero if mine. His quotation: “The glory of God is the human person fully alive” is one of my […]

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A wounded wanderer wonders at the mystery of life!!! Part 2

In the dying, there is laid the threshold over which we all step so as to enter “new heavens and new earths” which is another way of saying, we experience “new freedoms and new happiness.” This is an never ending process which tenderizes our hardened hearts and results in having hearts of flesh. This is […]

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A wounded wanderer wonders at the mystery of life!!!

This is invitation to journey with me down memory lane. This lane is getting longer by the moment, and I hope it will continue to meander for some time yet. When that final step will be taken, the last breath drawn is not for me to decide. My body will say I have brought you […]

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Wandering Thoughts ended in Patient Hope

These words of an old song have been going around and around in my in my head for a number of days now. Whether you are a Hollies fan or a Neil Diamond fan you will remember these words, “The road is long with many a winding turn that leads to where who knows where.” […]

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Beloved “Hope punkers” we must be!!! Part 4

Ideally we are to carry and bring our experience of our encounter in the outdoor cathedral to our place of religious celebration. The challenge of an authentic celebration is to make the connection between life and liturgy. If that does not happen we have a lifeless liturgy, which is a turnoff for so many today. […]

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Beloved “Hope punkers” we must be!!! Part 3

So then you are pretty awe-full. Full of mystery, full of wonder and this leads to prayer. How many claim the cathedral of the great outdoors to be there place of worship. They experience The Above, The Beyond, The Alone in their encounter with nature and are brought to the awareness of a reality they […]

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