Tags : Belief

Lent: Day Twelve

Lent: Day Twelve

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


St. Benedict’s eighth step to humility is:The eighth degree of humility is, when a monk does nothing but what is sanctioned by the common rule o..
Lent: Day Thirteen

Lent: Day Thirteen

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


The ninth step of humility, according to St. Benedict, is:when a monk refrains from speaking, and does not speak until he is asked; for the Scripture ..
Lent: Day Fourteen

Lent: Day Fourteen

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


I’m going to interpret St. Benedict’s next step to humility as:NEVER LAUGH AT, DERIDE, OR MOCK ANYONE OR ANYTHING.If you read the rule, ho..
Diffident Belief

Diffident Belief

A Poem by Neha Godambe


Hopes, held in weak palmsShatter in a flashReality looms.
Lent: Day Fifteen

Lent: Day Fifteen

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


The eleventh rung of humility is:SPEAK GENTLY, CALMLY, AND BRIEFLYThis makes me think of when Kevin Smith used to make films. His two returning charac..
Offending God

Offending God

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


I DARE YOU TO READ THIS!
Lent Day Sixteen

Lent Day Sixteen

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


The last step to humility, according to St. Benedict is to be humble in everything action.The twelfth degree of humility is, when a monk is not only h..
Lent: Day Seventeen--Even if God Doesn't Exist, God IS Real

Lent: Day Seventeen--Even if God Doesn't Exist, Go..

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


Every once in a while I run across an atheist who decides he is going to show my the error of my ways and the level of my delusion. A rational, educat..
Lent: Day Eighteen–I’m No Judas! I’m So Much Worse...

Lent: Day Eighteen–I’m No Judas! I’m So Much..

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


When I was still in college, I had a dream that I was sent back into time to the time of Jesus. In the dream, my job was to make sure that Jesus was c..
Lent: Day Nineteen

Lent: Day Nineteen

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


Jesus said to his disciples:“Don’t assume that I have come to sabotage Moses’ set of rules or the prophets’ teachings. I haven..
Lent: Day Twenty-One

Lent: Day Twenty-One

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


A biblical scholar heard them debating and approached them. When he saw how well Jesus responded to the clergy, he asked Jesus, “Which commandme..
Lent: Day Twenty-Two

Lent: Day Twenty-Two

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


Then Jesus told this story to those who look down on everybody else, while being convinced that they themselves are hot stuff. “Once upon a time..
Lent: Day Twenty-Three

Lent: Day Twenty-Three

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


Tax-collectors and people with notoriously bad reputations flocked around Jesus so that they could hear him speak. But the lay-ministers and bibli..
Lent: Day Twenty-Four

Lent: Day Twenty-Four

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


Cain sacrificed his brother to his jealousy and sin, and that blood never stopped accusing him, declaring his guilt; God sacrificed His Son for us..
Jesuit 101--Jesuit Spirituality

Jesuit 101--Jesuit Spirituality

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


We have a Jesuit pope now, so a lot of people are probably trying to learn what that means.
The Six.

The Six.

A Poem by Thomas Fitzgerald


A look a those woman we all pray to in our own ways!
My Philosophy

My Philosophy

A Poem by UniversalSean


A saying I wrote after high school graduation that represents my agnostic believes as well as other personal beliefs of mine.
Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


The reign of King David was coming to an end. To put it plainly he was old. He was definitely tired. The first half of his life was spent building a k..