The Road To Kingdom Come

I had started to write a post that asked if I was being selfish by posting so much that might seem negative or have the tendency to bring a reader down rather than uplift or encourage them in some way. But I then reminded myself that the purpose of this blog was to document the [...]

I am sitting here on a Saturday afternoon in a moment of relatively clear thinking, absence of panic and only mild stomach distress. (Thank you Jesus and Mary). I have to go back into my files, utter mess that they are, and pull together what I can for tax filing in a few weeks. I [...]

One thing that I have noticed over the past weeks is the difficulty in praying when feeling ill or stressed. Not only is prayer harder but patience, acceptance and maintaining faith are also challenges. All too often I have found myself asking “Why?” and “Where are you?” when, in better times and circumstances I am [...]

Just as the graduation ceremonies for college are referred to as a “commencement,” I feel that completing the consecration preparation and making the consecration to Jesus through Mary places me in sort of a commencement mode.
If I am to take this at all seriously, and I do, then this is a new beginning. Not that [...]

Tonight I attended Mass at the Dominican Monastery and, afterward, made the consecration to Jesus through Mary. The consecration prayer, as presented by St. Louis de Montfort, is a very beautiful statement of commitment and is genuinely “Jesus-focused.” I purposely avoided reading the consecration prayer beforehand so that I could absorb the statements as they [...]

Today is the last day of the preparation for my Consecration to Mary. The last week has focused on the “Knowledge of Jesus.” The preparation process has been rather difficult and has certainly had its ups and downs. The first few weeks were rather exhilarating with the sudden and complete remission of my stomach problems. [...]

Just wanted to make a quick post about our retreat. My friend John and I spent 3 and a half days in relative quiet and prayer. The big excitement with this retreat was the huge snowstorm that slammed the East Coast. I guess we got about 2 feet of snow on Saturday and were pretty [...]

I completed the week long focus on “Knowledge of Mary” today. Frankly, the reading and prayers have been a fog since I find myself just trying to get through it. What I did take away from this week was that as Jesus came to us through Mary, we, in turn, can and should go to [...]