And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!
~ William Shakespeare
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All posts tagged John Paul II
Emmaus, Eucharist, and Emma Thompson: The Hidden Mass in ‘Wit’
Posted by Rick Becker on April 27, 2017
https://onethousandwordsaweek.wordpress.com/2017/04/27/emmaus-eucharist-and-emma-thompson-the-hidden-mass-in-wit/
Nailed: The Outrage and Consolation of a Helpless God
If Christ was not of the very substance of omnipotence,
if becomes relatively pointless to point to the paradox of his impotence.
~ G.K. Chesterton
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Posted by Rick Becker on April 2, 2017
https://onethousandwordsaweek.wordpress.com/2017/04/02/nailed-the-outrage-and-consolation-of-a-helpless-god/
The Martyrs of Damascus (1860)
Posted by Rick Becker on February 27, 2017
https://onethousandwordsaweek.wordpress.com/2017/02/27/the-martyrs-of-damascus-1860/
A Birthday Odyssey: Of ‘Arrival’, Pain Control, and Redemptive Suffering
The sacramental liturgy continues in our very person.
~ David Fagerberg
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Posted by Rick Becker on January 2, 2017
https://onethousandwordsaweek.wordpress.com/2017/01/02/a-birthday-odyssey-of-arrival-pain-control-and-redemptive-suffering/
Of Bernie, Belloc, and “A Bargain for Frances”
Regulating the economy solely by centralized planning perverts the basis of social bonds; regulating it solely by the law of the marketplace fails social justice, for ‘there are many human needs which cannot be satisfied by the market’ (CCC 2425).
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Posted by Rick Becker on October 6, 2016
https://onethousandwordsaweek.wordpress.com/2016/10/06/of-bernie-belloc-and-a-bargain-for-frances/
Marriage as Rebellion: Blessed Peter To Rot
Because the Spirit of God dwelt in him, he fearlessly proclaimed the truth about the sanctity of marriage. He refused to take the ‘easy way’ of moral compromise.
~ Pope St. John Paul II
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Posted by Rick Becker on July 9, 2016
https://onethousandwordsaweek.wordpress.com/2016/07/09/marriage-as-rebellion-blessed-peter-to-rot/
St. Bruno, Bravado, and Baby Names: A Father’s Guide
No, my dear daughter; I desire that your Cross and mine may be solely the Cross of Christ; and as to its kind, or the way it is laid upon us, God know what He does, and why: it is all for our good.
~ St. Francis de Sales
Posted by Rick Becker on October 9, 2015
https://onethousandwordsaweek.wordpress.com/2015/10/09/st-bruno-bravado-and-baby-names-a-fathers-guide/
Of Habits and Hassles: The Sign Value of Chaotic Family Life
The Church must always seek to make her presence visible in everyday life, which is often very secularized and yet sensitive to the language of signs.
~ Pope St. John Paul II
Posted by Rick Becker on July 10, 2015
https://onethousandwordsaweek.wordpress.com/2015/07/10/of-habits-and-hassles-the-sign-value-of-chaotic-family-life/
Humanae Vitae and the Sensus Fidelium
Once the human being declares independence from reality and behaves with absolute dominion, the very foundations of our life begin to crumble.
~ Pope Francis, Laudato Si’
Posted by Rick Becker on July 6, 2015
https://onethousandwordsaweek.wordpress.com/2015/07/06/humanae-vitae-and-the-sensus-fidelium/
Of Saints, Suffering, and Scleroderma
FROM A NOVENA TO ST. WALBURGA
Holy Walburga, you dwell in the glory of heaven, gazing upon the face of the Triune God in the company of all the saints.
Beg God to grant healing, consolation and strength to me and to all those for whom I pray.
Implore Him to let me recognize His love and know His presence, whatever He may have in store for me.
Posted by Rick Becker on April 19, 2015
https://onethousandwordsaweek.wordpress.com/2015/04/19/of-saints-suffering-and-scleroderma/
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).
Rick Becker
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