Posts by Arrowood
Remaining in the Crypt: Diligence
We can be so impatient when we are faced with how slow our hearts are to change. This article addresses that impatience, including how facing the impatience an be part of our spiritual project!
Read MoreWorking In the Crypt: Fasting
Tis true, we cannot reach Christ’s fortieth day, Yet to go part of that religious way, Is better than to rest We cannot reach our Saviour’s purity, Yet are we bid, ” Be holy e’en as He,” In both let’s do our best. Who goeth in the way which Christ hath gone, Is much more…
Read MorePaying It Forward
Paying it forward has become a cliché. But that doesn’t make it any less true. Goodness and kindness spread. Today’s reflection encourages you to find some ways you can perform random acts of kindness so you can create a ripple of goodness that spreads wider and wider!
Read MoreHow Lent Reminds Us of What We Should Be Doing All Year
In her wisdom, the Church gives us these seasons of preparation – Advent and Lent – not only to help us truly understand the feasts they precede, but to remind us of what we should be doing as disciples of Jesus every single day. It’s the nature of the lay state, living in the world, that we get distracted. We’re called to live as disciples and so to transform the world around us. But all to often we get distracted and end up being transformed by the world instead. Advent and Lent are seasons to call us back to the Covenant – and back to true discipleship.
Read MoreWho’s Talking About Holiness?
We’ve Forgotten What It Means to Be Catholic We have come to treat Catholicism like a social club. We pay our dues. We attend the events. We may even volunteer our time. But being Catholic isn’t really central to our personal identity. Being Catholic doesn’t inform our everyday life. What we’ve forgotten is that being…
Read More5 Insights That Changed My Approach to Time Management
Is time management the solution to your problems? Yesterday was a pretty typical day for me. I started the day with my “todo list,” which I should really call my “wishlist.” After getting breakfast for the children and me, I got on a call with the director for my part-time job with the Diocese of…
Read MoreThe New Evangelization
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Read MoreVirtue of Prudence – No Margin Ned on Moral Margin
The virtue of prudence is the virtue of knowing what is good and making a plan to attain it. Therefore it is closely tied to our moral life. Moral boundaries are some of the easiest boundaries to erode in today’s culture. Everywhere we are being told not to judge moral behavior. We are told that…
Read MoreOriginal Sin
In the Beginning, it was Good. No, it was Good-Good (the way the Hebrew people said very good). Not only was earth a paradise, but humanity enjoyed all possible sources of happiness. Happiness came most of all from their relationships. Primarily, their relationship with God provided them with the eternal and perfect source of happiness. …
Read MoreSeven Deadly Sins, Seven Lively Virtues
The Seven Deadly Sins are not particular sins at all. Rather, they are vices – or patterns of immoral choices. Most of them are the abuse of something that is otherwise good. They are defined by the phrase “inordinate desire,” meaning a desire that is “out of order” with human health, happiness and holiness. The…
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