Catholic Jack
As Kerouac aged, he reclaimed the Catholic identity he had inherited from his devout parents, although to the reader, the influence was often muffled under the Benzedrine and booze-fueled bacchanalia of his youth, especially when…
Tag: Jesus
Microscopic Goodness
Grushenka recounts a Russian folktale about a wicked woman who dies and is condemned to the burning lake. Pitying her, her guardian angel recalls that the woman did one good deed in her life: she…
Today’s One-Liner (#265)
Peter’s denial is a spectacular example: as soon as he finds himself surrounded by people hostile to Jesus, he imitates their hostility. — René Girard, All Desire Is a Desire for Being: Essential Writings Selected by…
Today’s One-Liner (#259)
Jesus came to blind those who have clear sight and to give sight to the blind; to heal the sick and let the healthy die; to call sinners to repentance and justify them, and to…
Today’s One-Liner (#255)
For wherever your treasure is, that is where your heart will be too. –The Gospel according to Saint Luke, 12:34
Today’s One-Liner (#252)
Start off now, but look, I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. –The Gospel according to St. Luke, 10:3.
Today’s One-Liner (#249)
I repeat, you will be able to tell them by their fruits. –The Gospel according to Matthew, 7:20
Faith
Mother Teresa of Calcutta did not become an international icon of selfless generosity despite her belief in Jesus Christ, the only Son of God and the unique savior of the world; she lifted the wretched…
Today’s One-Liner (#195)
And how dare you say to your brother, “Let me take that splinter out of your eye,” when, look, there is a great log in your own? –The Gospel of Matthew, 7:4
Praying
When you say prayers, say: Father, may your kingdom be ours. Give us bread for today. Overlook our indebtedness to others, as we overlook theirs to us. Give us the strength to resist temptations. –Guy…