Every genuine artistic intuition goes beyond what the senses perceive and, reaching beneath reality’s surface, strives to interpret its hidden mystery.
~ Pope St. John Paul II
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All posts tagged John Paul II
Our Stairwell Gallery: A Familial Experiment in Art Appreciation
Posted by Rick Becker on March 31, 2019
https://onethousandwordsaweek.wordpress.com/2019/03/31/our-stairwell-gallery-a-familial-experiment-in-art-appreciation/
Those Empty Pews: Thoughts on Mass Attendance
We always offer the same Lamb, not one today and another tomorrow, but always the same one. For this reason the sacrifice is always only one.
~ St. John Chrysostom
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Posted by Rick Becker on January 14, 2019
https://onethousandwordsaweek.wordpress.com/2019/01/14/those-empty-pews-thoughts-on-mass-attendance/
The Monkey on My Back: A Chronic Illness Tutorial
To the extent that Christ’s suffering becomes my suffering,
my suffering becomes a prayer.
~ Dom Hubert van Zeller
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Posted by Rick Becker on November 18, 2018
https://onethousandwordsaweek.wordpress.com/2018/11/18/the-monkey-on-my-back-a-chronic-illness-tutorial/
Fathers Stay Put: Of Paternity, Stability, and Canon 522
Efforts must be made to restore socially the conviction that the place and task of the father in and for the family is of unique and irreplaceable importance.
~ Pope St. John Paul II
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Posted by Rick Becker on September 24, 2018
https://onethousandwordsaweek.wordpress.com/2018/09/24/fathers-stay-put-of-paternity-stability-and-canon-522/
Pentecost in Action: St. Cristóbal Magallanes (1869-1927)
Christ pours out the Spirit among his members to nourish, heal, and organize them in their mutual functions, to give them life, send them to bear witness, and associate them to his self-offering to the Father and to his intercession for the whole world (CCC 739).
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Posted by Rick Becker on May 20, 2018
https://onethousandwordsaweek.wordpress.com/2018/05/20/pentecost-in-action-st-cristobal-magallanes-1869-1927/
Latin: A Convert’s Romance in Three Movements
This ‘one language’…was an expression of the unity of the Church and through its dignified character elicited a profound sense of the Eucharistic Mystery.
~ Pope St. John Paul II
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Posted by Rick Becker on April 22, 2018
https://onethousandwordsaweek.wordpress.com/2018/04/22/latin-a-converts-romance-in-three-movements/
Bridgebuilding, Barriers, and Fatherhood: St. Bénézet as Patron for Dads
Posted by Rick Becker on April 15, 2018
https://onethousandwordsaweek.wordpress.com/2018/04/15/bridgebuilding-barriers-and-fatherhood-st-benezet-as-patron-for-dads/
VSED: A New Form of Assisted Suicide
You don’t grasp the beauty of the destruction of words.
~ George Orwell
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Posted by Rick Becker on March 13, 2018
https://onethousandwordsaweek.wordpress.com/2018/03/13/vsed-a-new-form-of-assisted-suicide/
Keeping the Showman Great: Of P.T. Barnum, Vows, and Fatherhood
The father-son paradigm is ageless….
This is truly the key for interpreting reality.
~ St. John Paul II
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Posted by Rick Becker on February 9, 2018
https://onethousandwordsaweek.wordpress.com/2018/02/09/keeping-the-showman-great-of-p-t-barnum-vows-and-fatherhood/
Love the Ones You’re With First
It is not enough to say to my God I love you, but my God, I love you here.
~ Mother Teresa
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Posted by Rick Becker on September 8, 2017
https://onethousandwordsaweek.wordpress.com/2017/09/08/love-the-ones-youre-with-first/
I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning and took out a comma. In the afternoon–well, I put it back again (Oscar Wilde).
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