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Today, I had the experience of watching some house flies attempt to escape a building by flying into a pane of glass. The bugs would aim at the outside world, charge full speed ahead, but only to get knocked back by the window that separated them from the outside world. Confused, the flies would crawlContinue reading “Blog: Houseflies and Windowpanes”

“𝘖𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬,⁣𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦,⁣𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘴,⁣𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘴𝘵⁣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, “𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶.”⁣𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦.⁣𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥.⁣𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥Continue reading “Gospel Reflection – Pentecost Sunday 5/31”

“One day you will be old enough to start reading fairytales again.”⁣ -C.S. Lewis ⁣Perhaps the most degrading intellectual shift that ever occured was the moment we traded our fiction for textbooks and the like.⁣⁣For most of human history, we have traded knowledge in a very particular, story-driven way. Stories were understood – not onlyContinue reading “C.S. Lewis, Fairytales, and the Art of Storytelling”

“𝐎𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐨𝐝.”⁣𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟏𝟖𝟓⁣⁣If the nightmare of trying to get your family to Mass before the priest is consecrating the host each Sunday is preventing you from experiencingContinue reading “What’s the Deal with Holy Days?”

I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. – JRR Tolkien, TheContinue reading ““I Wish it Need not Happen in my Time” – A Reflection Inspired by Frodo’s Insecurity”

Jesus said to his disciples:⁣“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.⁣And I will ask the Father,⁣and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always,⁣the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept,⁣because it neither sees nor knows him.⁣But you know him, because he remains with you,⁣and will be in you.⁣IContinue reading “Gospel Reflection 5/17”

First Things: Welcome to Catholicism I’ve always found it near impossible to commit to things. As I go about my daily life, I often identify habits, goals, or practices that I wish to integrate into my life, but after only a few days of this, I grow weary, decide the practice is too difficult, orContinue reading “First Things”