First Look: Amoris Laetitia
There will be more than a few scholarly, and not-so-scholarly, discussions in the coming days dissecting the new Papal Exhortation, Amoris Laetitia. I haven’t yet read it, but others have. Here are a...
View ArticleThomas Merton: We Are Not All Weak In The Same Spots
We rightfully cherish our rugged individualism and our freedom, both. Especially here, in America, where we have been forced, all too many times, to take up arms to preserve, protect, and defend them....
View Article5 Thoughts To Start Your Day – And Jim Gaffigan!
Nothing heavy today, just some thoughts from a few of my favorite speakers and writers. And, for something completely different, take a few minutes to watch the stand-up comedy of Jim Gaffigan as he...
View ArticleWe Are Fragile, We Are Damaged, But We Are Strong.
We tend, often, to imagine ourselves as fragile. As not much more than a bead of air, floating aimlessly, perhaps without purpose. Submitting ourselves to whatever fresh current next sweeps us along....
View ArticleFind And Rest, My Child
“Thou Hast Formed Us For Thyself, And Our Hearts Are Restless Till They Find Rest In Thee” – St. Augustine, Confessions Yet Another Endless Night. Enveloped By Silence, I Concede My Deafness. Devoured...
View ArticleIt’s Time to Grow Up And . . . Become A Child
Responsibility. Respectability. Maturity. Dignity. These are all good things. These are all expected things. These are all adult things. From the moment of birth, those of us of a certain age –...
View ArticleElizabeth Scalia’s Latest Book: “Little Sins Mean A Lot”
By the time I had reached Chapter 12 (“Sins of Omission”) of Elizabeth Scalia’s latest book, Little Sins Mean A Lot, I had compiled quite an impressive mental list of all the little things (yes,...
View ArticleThomas Merton And Bad Theology: Purposefully Pitting Ourselves, One Against...
I Give You A New Commandment: Love One Another. As I Have Loved You, So You Also Should Love One Another – John 13:34 We don’t love each other enough. Or is it, in reality, that we too often don’t love...
View ArticleLearning To Trust In The Day, Trusting To Rest Through The Night
For most of us, our days seem never to be our own. Family demands, work responsibilities, daily obligations and routines of every kind, greedily devour our every minute, constantly ransack our very...
View ArticleMoving On . . .
As some of you may already know, this blog is being re-located to The Catholic Conspiracy but will retain the name Grace Pending. Soon, all of my archived posts will also be available there; the...
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