Monthly Archives: January 2013

Some Suggestions on How to Pray by Saint Francis de Sales

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Paul Wharton

[Yesterday was this saint’s Feast Day. For more info, see the blog roll on saints and be sure to read yesterday’s post.]   Perhaps you do not know how to undertake mental prayer  since many people in our day do … Continue reading →

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Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622) ON PRAYER, II

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Paul Wharton

[This is another a series of posts featuring a saint, mystic, or writer to include some of their thoughts on prayer as well as a prayer written by or ascribed to him or her.  Today is this saint’s Feast. For … Continue reading →

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Saturday Cinema: Father & Daughter –    – – (8 min, 14 sec) 

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Paul Wharton

[If good things come in small packages and a picture is worth a thousand words, then this short-film is worth your time.  The idea behind my occasional Saturday Cinema selection is to give you something to think and pray about. … Continue reading →

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Mystic Monday Mania

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Paul Wharton

Cast All Your Votes For Dancing I know the voice of depression Still calls to you. I know those habits that can ruin your life Still send their invitations. But you are with the Friend now And look so much … Continue reading →

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TODAY IS the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Paul Wharton

A Prayer [adapted] on the Feast of the Baptism of our Lord It is my duty and my joy, at all times to give you thanks and praise, for today the grace of the Holy Spirit in the form of … Continue reading →

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This Tuesday’s Three Tweet-able Terse Thoughts

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Paul Wharton

[Fifty years ago or so, I was made to memorize my first poem.  Of course, I can’t remember what it was!  To inflict the greatest amount of anxiety, teachers seemed to choose poems that were longer rather than shorter and … Continue reading →

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Kahlil Gibran  (1883-1931) ON PRAYER

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Paul Wharton

[This is another in a series of posts featuring a saint, mystic, or writer to include some of their thoughts on prayer as well as a prayer written by or ascribed to him or her.  Khalil Gibran was born in … Continue reading →

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An Epiphany Blessing by Jan Richardson

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Paul Wharton

If you could see the journey whole you might never undertake it; might never dare the first step that propels you from the place you have known toward the place you know not. Call it one of the mercies of … Continue reading →

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This Christmas, Baby Jesus Ate My Toddler by Marissa Nichols 

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Paul Wharton

In her book, Cinderella Ate My Daughter, journalist Peggy Orenstein discusses how the childhoods of little girls are literally being consumed by Disney’s three billion dollars a year moneymaker as every kiddie thing on the planet, from Band-Aids to beach … Continue reading →

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Night Vision by Phil Ware

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Paul Wharton

            I could ask the darkness to hide me      and the light around me to become night —      but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines … Continue reading →

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