Monthly Archives: April 2018

DISPATCHES FROM FR. CHARITAS Saturday, April 14, 2018 THE PRIDE THAT BLINDS US Prejudice is almost everywhere, even here in the Hills of Jade in the place and moments when they are not thoroughly sacred. Racial prejudice, national prejudice, religious … Continue reading →

DAILY DEVOTIONAL Saturday, April 14, 2018 Will we ever have peace? Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. – Matthew 5:9 I am a soul prone to flashes of anger, yet still, I am a … Continue reading →

Dispatches from Fr. Charitas Friday, April 13, 2018 I believe in visions. Not the visions that are projections on the mind as if holy hallucinations, but the visions that seem to make reality glow. As I gaze at the sunflowers … Continue reading →

Friday, April 13, 2018 How does the Christian come to know the Truth? Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” – … Continue reading →

DISPATCHES FROM FR. CHARITAS Thursday, April 12, 2018 Though the words of Christ endure, those words are so often neglected. Christ said it this way, “Heaven and earth may pass away, but MY words will endure forever.”- Matthew 24:35 And … Continue reading →

Thursday, April 12, 2018 As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a … Continue reading →

Tuesday, April 11, 2018 Jesus was a Middle Eastern soul, a Semitic, a Hebrew, yet we have so Europeanize Him that we imagine Him speaking in English. Yet the Jesus I grew up with was not Middle-Eastern at all and … Continue reading →

THE GRAVITY OF HEAVEN Wednesday, April 11, 2018 When will Christ return? “And let me assure you that I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” – Matthew 28:20b And yet … so many times He … Continue reading →

Tuesday, April 10, 2018 THIS MATTER OF PROVIDENCE  Of late, I have contemplated on the nature of Providence. To be specific, whether Providence is for some, me and mine in particular; or is it for some, those other than me; … Continue reading →

Tuesday, April 10, 2018 Is there no hope in a time of fierce division? “The Lord shall judge between the nations and shall arbitrate for many peoples; they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; … Continue reading →