Category Archives: Musings

The World According to A. J.

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  1. Under promise and over deliver.
  2. Women want their men to know what they are thinking, men want to be surprised.
  3. A hungry runner runs a better race.
  4. Love is faith in action.
  5. Saying you’re sorry implies you won’t do it again.
  6. If you don’t dream, how can your dreams come true.
  7. If you don’t pray, how can you’re prayers be answered.
  8. To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.
  9. Don’t be a name caller. Bullshit!!! I’m a big boy, I know better than to fight fair.
  10. Judge people by their friends, they chose them.
  11. Never tell all you know.
  12. Don’t play games, answer all questions honestly or lie to protect your best interest, either way, everyone will know.
  13. The truth is simple, seldom easy…..
  14. Say “bless you” about everything. Blessed is the man who comes in the name of the Lord.
  15. Remember the 3 L’s; Life is for living, loving, learning and laughing.
  16. You can forgive on your own, it takes two to reconcile.
  17. If it doesn’t look right, there’s probably something wrong.
  18. Pray that your life will be a blessing to everyone.
  19. Every day spend some time with the Lord, start with six minutes and work you way up to eternity.
  20. Every day our current administration creates and perpetuates political and social issues which need our immediate attention.

Prayer as Many Reflections

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Prayer is such a huge word. Prayer can be a conversation between two people who love each other. It can be the time we give the Lord to arrange the world, so our prayers can be answered. It can be redemptive, binding, praising, begging, and just about all things to all people. One step further, what’s so beautiful about Catholicism is the “this and both of these” aspects. We have the Sacred Sacraments, the Ten Commandments and the other none negotiable tenets however as Catholics we are not held to any certain motif which wouldn’t include the other aspects. Prayer is a good example, so is grace whether it be saving grace, or sustaining or common grace as in the gifts and grace of sunshine, rain and sweet air to breathe. Christ on the Cross presents many theological views of Christ; as our Savior, the Redeemer, as a Sacrifice, as reconciling the world, and as Love and Forgiveness. All are true, not one more demanding than the other, all are meaningful not one more important than the others.

Baptism of Desire

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I believe the kingdom of heaven is within me, I experience God’s grace and goodness. I believe my reward is here and now, for the Lord rewards the faithful. It is from the moment of inspiration, my rebirth, the moment I say, “Yes Lord” to the moment of my death which will be judged. During this life, with this heart and through these deeds; I will present myself to the Lord. I will go to him with an open and happy heart. Not as the child I was or the sinner I tried to change, or the seeker I became, but as the man who said “yes Lord, I will” and took my path forward in his name. It wasn’t that I served, or gave, or spoke or wrote, it was simply that I prayed and behaved so my life would be a blessing to everyone. The Lord prepares my place in heaven, here and now, as I live my life. My life is rich and rewarding because this is the nature of the Lord, I have my faith to prove it. I believe faith is the foundation, love is the answer and forgiveness is the key.

It Is I

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In this stage of my life, when I can say with some confidence that I have done all the hard stuff, one simple truth still needs to be explored. That the obvious sometimes goes unnoticed and what we take for granted isn’t always what we expected it to be.

We have often heard it said, that God will never give us more than we can handle. As reassuring and comforting as this sounds, it’s simply not true. It’s more that, God will never give us more than what He can’t handle. In every moment of every moment we have a choice. We can cry out to our Lord God or we can try it on our own. We can turn to Him for Providence, Protection and Guidance or we can turn away in ignorance or bitterness. We can put more faith in our Faith, than faith in ourselves. We can turn to our Lord God and listen in the silence of our hearts for these simple words…..It Is I.