GRINDS & GRIT

GRAB A CUP GATHER WE’RE SHARING SOME THOUGHTS

JUST an IRISH THOUGHT

JUST an IRISH THOUGHT

      After this Pentecost weekend I am reminded of the kinship that the Apostles had. The Irish say, “A best friend is like a four-leaf clover: hard to find and lucky to have.”  They also say, “Don’t be breaking your shin on a stool that’s not in your...

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Dwarves and Elves

Dwarves and Elves

    In 1937, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a book called “The Hobbit” and in 1954 he wrote “Lord of the Rings.” The Dwarves and Elves have given us a path.  Now, can we discern the breadcrumbs they left behind and find our way to holiness? I’ll take you back to an earlier...

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The Tunnel

The Tunnel

 Sometimes the holiday season can seem like you’re on an escalator moving down a long corridor that starts slow and before you know it, you feel like you’re on Mr. Toads wild ride! Just prior to the beginning of advent the escalator stops briefly on “Thanksgiving.”...

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Boo Who!

Boo Who!

Halloween has just ended, so has All Saints Day and All Souls day will conclude today.  However, tomorrow there will still be a lot of “boo who’s” still being said, as the Election in America takes place. I hope that we “Vote” for “Life and for the Economy” if we...

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Belgian Waffle

Belgian Waffle

Saint Louis University is a Catholic, Jesuit institution that removed the artwork of the Belgian born, Fr. Pierre De Smet, S.J.  Pulling down statues has been around for a long time. Destroying monuments of a tolerant past in order to achieve a future of violence and...

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Needing Mercy

Needing Mercy

 I went pheasant hunting with our Bishop and a group of Catholic Priests.  The one thing I really noticed about them is how much they like to laugh; and how much more they like to laugh with us.  These are men so full of life and so full of responsibility; the...

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Three Priests

Three Priests

 On the clear morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Fr. Kevin Madigan heard an explosion.  Grabbing the oils for anointing he ran out the door of St. Peter's parish in New York City, and made his way to the World Trade Center just a block away. Fr. Judge was the chaplain for the...

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Tobasco Sauce

Tobasco Sauce

( When Socialism gripped Mexico in the early 20th century, the new federales seduced by Marxism and Masonic superstitions declared war on the Catholic Church. Seizing control of the government in 1917. They wrote a socialist constitution packed with anticlerical...

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Like a Champion

Like a Champion

It’s really a shame that higher education has moved to a position of discriminate discourse within our society.  Once having the potential of a wellspring to “actively and purposefully cultivate civic values in students and provide them with the practical skills...

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The Argument

The Argument

Do you have an argument, a defense, an apologetics outline to defend the existence of God?  The idea that “truth” or just the Bible are in themselves proof enough, is a little shortsighted.  If this were so, wouldn’t all men know and believe in God? In Hebrews 2, the...

read more
JUST an IRISH THOUGHT

JUST an IRISH THOUGHT

      After this Pentecost weekend I am reminded of the kinship that the Apostles had. The Irish say, “A best friend is like a four-leaf clover: hard to find and lucky to have.”  They also say, “Don’t be breaking your shin on a stool that’s not in your...

read more
Dwarves and Elves

Dwarves and Elves

    In 1937, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a book called “The Hobbit” and in 1954 he wrote “Lord of the Rings.” The Dwarves and Elves have given us a path.  Now, can we discern the breadcrumbs they left behind and find our way to holiness? I’ll take you back to an earlier...

read more
The Tunnel

The Tunnel

 Sometimes the holiday season can seem like you’re on an escalator moving down a long corridor that starts slow and before you know it, you feel like you’re on Mr. Toads wild ride! Just prior to the beginning of advent the escalator stops briefly on “Thanksgiving.”...

read more
Boo Who!

Boo Who!

Halloween has just ended, so has All Saints Day and All Souls day will conclude today.  However, tomorrow there will still be a lot of “boo who’s” still being said, as the Election in America takes place. I hope that we “Vote” for “Life and for the Economy” if we...

read more
Belgian Waffle

Belgian Waffle

Saint Louis University is a Catholic, Jesuit institution that removed the artwork of the Belgian born, Fr. Pierre De Smet, S.J.  Pulling down statues has been around for a long time. Destroying monuments of a tolerant past in order to achieve a future of violence and...

read more
Needing Mercy

Needing Mercy

 I went pheasant hunting with our Bishop and a group of Catholic Priests.  The one thing I really noticed about them is how much they like to laugh; and how much more they like to laugh with us.  These are men so full of life and so full of responsibility; the...

read more
Three Priests

Three Priests

 On the clear morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Fr. Kevin Madigan heard an explosion.  Grabbing the oils for anointing he ran out the door of St. Peter's parish in New York City, and made his way to the World Trade Center just a block away. Fr. Judge was the chaplain for the...

read more
Tobasco Sauce

Tobasco Sauce

( When Socialism gripped Mexico in the early 20th century, the new federales seduced by Marxism and Masonic superstitions declared war on the Catholic Church. Seizing control of the government in 1917. They wrote a socialist constitution packed with anticlerical...

read more
Like a Champion

Like a Champion

It’s really a shame that higher education has moved to a position of discriminate discourse within our society.  Once having the potential of a wellspring to “actively and purposefully cultivate civic values in students and provide them with the practical skills...

read more
The Argument

The Argument

Do you have an argument, a defense, an apologetics outline to defend the existence of God?  The idea that “truth” or just the Bible are in themselves proof enough, is a little shortsighted.  If this were so, wouldn’t all men know and believe in God? In Hebrews 2, the...

read more
JUST an IRISH THOUGHT

JUST an IRISH THOUGHT

      After this Pentecost weekend I am reminded of the kinship that the Apostles had. The Irish say, “A best friend is like a four-leaf clover: hard to find and lucky to have.”  They also say, “Don’t be breaking your shin on a stool that’s not in your...

read more
Dwarves and Elves

Dwarves and Elves

    In 1937, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a book called “The Hobbit” and in 1954 he wrote “Lord of the Rings.” The Dwarves and Elves have given us a path.  Now, can we discern the breadcrumbs they left behind and find our way to holiness? I’ll take you back to an earlier...

read more
The Tunnel

The Tunnel

 Sometimes the holiday season can seem like you’re on an escalator moving down a long corridor that starts slow and before you know it, you feel like you’re on Mr. Toads wild ride! Just prior to the beginning of advent the escalator stops briefly on “Thanksgiving.”...

read more
Boo Who!

Boo Who!

Halloween has just ended, so has All Saints Day and All Souls day will conclude today.  However, tomorrow there will still be a lot of “boo who’s” still being said, as the Election in America takes place. I hope that we “Vote” for “Life and for the Economy” if we...

read more
Belgian Waffle

Belgian Waffle

Saint Louis University is a Catholic, Jesuit institution that removed the artwork of the Belgian born, Fr. Pierre De Smet, S.J.  Pulling down statues has been around for a long time. Destroying monuments of a tolerant past in order to achieve a future of violence and...

read more
Needing Mercy

Needing Mercy

 I went pheasant hunting with our Bishop and a group of Catholic Priests.  The one thing I really noticed about them is how much they like to laugh; and how much more they like to laugh with us.  These are men so full of life and so full of responsibility; the...

read more
Three Priests

Three Priests

 On the clear morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Fr. Kevin Madigan heard an explosion.  Grabbing the oils for anointing he ran out the door of St. Peter's parish in New York City, and made his way to the World Trade Center just a block away. Fr. Judge was the chaplain for the...

read more
Tobasco Sauce

Tobasco Sauce

( When Socialism gripped Mexico in the early 20th century, the new federales seduced by Marxism and Masonic superstitions declared war on the Catholic Church. Seizing control of the government in 1917. They wrote a socialist constitution packed with anticlerical...

read more
Like a Champion

Like a Champion

It’s really a shame that higher education has moved to a position of discriminate discourse within our society.  Once having the potential of a wellspring to “actively and purposefully cultivate civic values in students and provide them with the practical skills...

read more
The Argument

The Argument

Do you have an argument, a defense, an apologetics outline to defend the existence of God?  The idea that “truth” or just the Bible are in themselves proof enough, is a little shortsighted.  If this were so, wouldn’t all men know and believe in God? In Hebrews 2, the...

read more