Ordinary Old Catholic Me
There are lots of Catholics like me out there. We are lifelong practitioners of a certain age, folks who remember Pre-Vatican Two and were thrown into the deep end of Post-Vatican Two where we still swim. We are well read, but we are not theologians. We need to stick together so that we can navigate the tides of modern life which are probably just as choppy as they were 2000 years ago. Ordinary Old Catholic Me is Ordinary Old Catholic You. Let‘s walk together!
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Episodes
Tuesday May 27, 2025
Tuesday May 27, 2025
You get older. There is no avoiding that there is more past than future for you. That's a struggle for the non-believer, and even the believer. The losses around you and the losses in your own life make it something that you can't just push aside. Some imperfect thoughts from one Catholic's perspective.
Monday Jan 27, 2025
Sunday Jan 12, 2025
Sunday Jan 12, 2025
I have lived in Los Angeles over 40 years. I have seen all sorts of natural and man made disasters, most from afar. This one has been right up close and it has been a challenge both practically and spiritually. Some thoughts from this ever struggling Catholic.
Thursday Jan 02, 2025
Thursday Jan 02, 2025
I guess it's just a reality of age, but yes, I have been thinking of the past, yet again. But I know that well, obviously the past is passing and what is eternal is what I must aim at.
Tuesday Nov 05, 2024
Tuesday Nov 05, 2024
The coincidence of the Gospel for the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time and a little scene in the pews and my reaction.
Saturday Sep 14, 2024
Saturday Sep 14, 2024
Alas, sometimes when I meditate I tie myself into knots. Some thoughts about that in this episode and how to get untied.
Tuesday Aug 20, 2024
Tuesday Aug 20, 2024
It was, as I will report, a busy June and July and so a little of what's been going on in my spiritual life. . . .trying to become a woman of prayer.
Friday May 31, 2024
Friday May 31, 2024
Thoughts about the things that jar me in the ordinary moments of being a Catholic, that might be or might not be connected. Is my real problem or yours a resistance to the demands of the love of God?
Sunday May 12, 2024
Sunday May 12, 2024
Today I had an adventure. I almost got to where I wanted to, to venerate the Relic of St. Jude. But there were obstacles. Still, there was spiritual success of a kind.
Saturday Apr 13, 2024
Saturday Apr 13, 2024
Newman said "To be steeped in history is to cease to be Protestant." That's another way of saying that to be steeped in history is to be Catholic. But maybe more than that to be steeped in history is to cease to be an unbeliever of any stripe. But to become steeped in history means diverging from pre-conceptions and taking the leap to inquiry. There is a lot to look at and to absorb.