Bishop R. Joseph Owles : Writing

Lent: Day Ten

Lent: Day Ten

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


I don’t believe that everything that happens is God’s will"I never have. I guess I understand in theory how people assume that. If God is ..
Lent: Day Nine

Lent: Day Nine

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


It feels like a month ago, but it’s only been a little over a week, when I thought about what humility is, and defined it in part as “an h..
Lent: Day Eight

Lent: Day Eight

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


When I was a young child, my mother said two things to me that offended me: The first was she told me that she thought the Beatles never should have m..
Lent: Day Seven

Lent: Day Seven

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


A couple of years ago I was about to start my morning class, when I received an email from my supervisor at the time, telling me I had to use some boo..
Lent: Day Six

Lent: Day Six

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


Every time I fail, it’s because I sacrificed what I want for what I want in the moment. Which brings me to St. Benedict’s second step towa..
Why Does God Give Us Commandments?

Why Does God Give Us Commandments?

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


If we are God's Children, then we are heirs to God's power and God's Kingdom. We are princes and princesses waiting to rule. Though we are princ..
True Prayer Leads to Action

True Prayer Leads to Action

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


"Love is found in deeds rather than in words," at least that's what St. Ignatius tells me. St. Gregory the Great seems to agree because he tells m..
Lent: Day One

Lent: Day One

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


So for the next forty days�"and Sundays which don’t count as Lent�"I’ll be posting short posts for Spiritual Dir..
Lent– Day Two

Lent– Day Two

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


I can often lack in humility. So I am using Lent this year as an opportunity to grow in humility. But, for all the reasons I explained yesterday, ..
Lent: Day Three

Lent: Day Three

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


Yesterday I admitted that I often lack humility, and that I was using Lent as an opportunity to focus on humility and hopefully become more humble..