The interior life

The interior life of man must be open to the mystery of that which is beyond him.

Are we still a First World nation?

Being reported today: Los Angeles is limiting households to just ONE rooster each.

What's next? Forced culling of our goat herds?

Are atheists bad for the planet?

Pope Benedict argues that a life lived only in material terms will, in the end, understand the earth as a material thing to be used (up). Yet, many atheists seem sincerely interested in 'saving' the environment.

Perhaps the modern Godlessness is actually pantheism recycled as environmentalism. Even atheists need to worship something.

Meanwhile, the earth and it's wonders are the treasure God has entrusted to us. We are called to be gardeners, not pourers of concrete.

If you knew...........

If you knew that lending $25 to a woman in Uganda would empower her to start a small business and change her life for the better, would you do it?

Well, now you know.

Kiva.org

St. Meinrad Archabbey and Seminary

Probably because it is cool today, with a light mist, I have been thinking about St. Meinrad Seminary. I did seminary there and miss it most come fall. Set in the lovely hills of southern Indiana, the campus is expansive and peaceful. Here, the stunning Archabbey Church, which towers over the adjacent valley.

Remember the victims

And the heros........

Eight years and the event's evil mastermind goes unpunished. Sigh.

It's the feast day of St. Peter Claver, 'slave to slaves'. He devoted his priesthood to the care of African slaves brought to South America. Reportedly, he baptized 300,000 souls. This photo is of a sculpture we placed in the garden of an African-American parish I pastored.