Fr. Bill | March 29, 2012
So one of the things I ‘gave up’ for Lent was staying abreast of the news feeds, which I call “Newsland”. No internet news. No newspapers. I chose to basically ignore the usual sites and papers I visit or glance through for news and I decided that whatever news that I needed to know, I [...]
Fr. Bill | March 29, 2012
Last night I was taking note of the commercials on television in between clips of the Big Bang Theory. Two types stand out, as they always do. One was the pharmaceutical drug company commercials that want you to be sick so they can make millions from potions they concoct to treat you with, the [...]
Fr. Bill | March 28, 2012
So I’ve had this lingering sinus/cold/allergy like problem since the end of October. It finally is broken, I can say, but it took some time to pinpoint what it was in fact. It’s been a very strange winter weather wise, since the ground never froze, we never really got a snow, and things stayed mostly [...]
Fr. Bill | March 27, 2012
I don’t like facebook anymore. I’m off of it. There were some things I did like, like keeping in touch with people I met but who live at a distance. But did I really know them? Or was I meeting their facade? Facebook is all about illusions and crafting appearances. People also are inclined [...]
Fr. Bill | March 22, 2012
I look at things like this, and then I look at the world and all the nonsense that goes on in it, and I wonder how we build up a civilization that isn’t centered around the arts and creativity. Most would say I’m living in a dream world, but I would have to again [...]
Fr. Bill | March 20, 2012
Martial arts uses forms, repetitive movements, sometimes resembling a dance, to instill in the body a muscle/movement memory. The forms aren’t so much realistic combat movements as they are simply intended to teach spontaneous movement when in a situation of combat. Often times when one is approached, the body locks up, just as the mind [...]
Fr. Bill | March 15, 2012
This past Sunday I gave the homily on Confession and our ongoing need for it. This subject is actually going to be stretched out over the next couple Sundays which will wrap up Lent, because a one time mention is not enough, and a subject of great importance bears repeating. It’s necessary to emphasize this [...]
Fr. Bill | March 13, 2012
I take a look at Paul Bragg’s books from time to time as a reality check. I can’t follow everything he teaches, simply because the circumstances of my life, and the people I live with, aren’t lined up with what he talks about. I’m a part of a larger unit, a family, so plain and [...]
Fr. Bill | March 10, 2012
I like this man’s attitude. I subscribed to his email list a couple years ago and for some time I haven’t paid much attention to his emails, simply because of changing priorities and lack of time. But this one caught my eye before I deleted it, and I’m glad it did. Check it [...]
Fr. Bill | March 8, 2012
So I went to Wegman’s today for what I thought would be only a couple of items, but as it always happens, I end up “needing” all of a sudden more than a couple of items and the bill always comes to somewhere between $50-$70. My face gets hot and I hear myself saying in [...]
