Ordinary Old Catholic Me

Ordinary Old Catholic Me and The Triduum

I just wanted to share my experience of the three days in which which commemorated the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Our Lord. I hope yours Triduum was as fruitful. 

Apr 16, 2022 12:19

Ordinary Old Catholic Me attends the Triduum. This means the podcast will not drop today but later on Easter Sunday...to say He is Risen. He us truly Risen!

Sin, What Sin?

As we wend our way to Holy Week, we should be thinking about why Christ died for us? Because of, sin. The only way to restore the relationship with God after the sin of Adam and Eve was for God to become Man, join time, join history, die, be resurrected and offer to us, once again, the joys of Paradise. But we still have to say "yes". And that means that we have to have a sense of sin, which is lost in this modern society even among Catholics. Some thoughts from the Ordinary Catholic.

Responding to the Gaze of Christ

Imagine that you are in Jerusalem and Jesus Christ stops in your neighborhood and stands in front of you and looks at you with his beautiful eyes. Even without his words, "Come, Follow Me" you know what He wants. Do you follow? How can you become disposed to follow? 

Mary, Would You say ”Yes” again?

Given the state of the world, which never seems, despite all the technology, to get better, and given the warnings of the Blessed Mother to the human race, that seem to go mostly unheeded, I found myself wondering whether, if Mary had to do it over again, would she say that "Yes" to the Angel Gabriel. I mean, now she knows in detail, what she did not know when she was that young girl in Nazareth. What a can of worms this little question opened up for me!

If Edna and I Could Talk

My mind became abuzz with the poet Edna St. Vincent Millay this week, and one thing led to another and I began to wonder whether she and I could talk about the Catholic purpose of life without rancor, but more, whether she might be drawn to it. But then, that's a problem for all of us, even Catholics, no? What is the purpose? To know, to love, to serve, praise, obey God in this life so that we may be united with Him in the next. That's not something most people, including Catholics, like to hear. 

An Interview: Ada Onwukeme,

It has been a while since I have done an in person interview. It is so extraordinary to listen to the ordinary stories of other Catholics, and I am privileged to be able to bring a little of that life to your attention. In conversation with Ada Onwukeme. 

A Perfect Ordinary Day

This episode was initially going to be a description of a rare day of peace doing ordinary things, but it turned out that it had real connection to the retreat I am trying to do, the ebbs and flows of consolation in the Lord and desolation because of original sin and how His sacrifice leads transforms desolation, suffering, into eternal consolation, into joy itself. 

What’s This Loosing and Binding Stuff?

A simple, but not so simple question, from a listener brought me to explore today's subject. What was the power to loose and bind that Jesus gave to Peter? What did it all mean? 

Stuff

Ramblings about seeking to be grateful to God for His Creation and to learn to trust Him in all things, especially when it is not as easy as watching a beautiful sunset.