Saint Brendan was an Irish saint who was thirty years old when Saint Patrick died. His mother, a godly woman, had a dream that there was much gold in her lap. Bishop Erc told her that the dream signified that she was going to give birth to a holy man full of grace and the Holy Spirit. On the night of Brendan's birth the chief prophet went to ( Read more... )

John 18:15-18, 25-27 ( Read more... )

John 18:15-18, 25-27 ( Read more... )

Proverbs 25 ( Read more... )

Psalm 16, 17 ( Read more... )

Here I am after midnight racking my brains trying to figure how to make an ancient catapult to hurl an egg 90 feet. This is a silly science project that was given to my 9th grade grandson. A carpenter at Home Depot said he could not make such a catapult. I don't think the egg is supposed to break so I hard boiled them. If the teacher will not allow ( Read more... )

the little flowers of saint Francis ( Read more... )

Proverbs 25

If your enemies are hungry, give them bread to eat; and if they are thirsty, give them water to drink for you will heap coals of fire on their head and the Lord will reward you. God must detest those who return acts of kindness with hostility. We should not be the enemies of those who give us aid in our time of need. Could it be ( Read more... )

Proverbs 22:11 ( Read more... )

Psalm 118

I read the wrong Psalm, but it was interesting to read,

“Hosanna, Lord, hosanna!
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord;
God is the Lord; he has shined upon us;
form a procession with branches up to the horns of the altar.”

This passage is very reminiscent of the response of Jesus’ followers on Psalm Sunday ( John 12)