Inspired poetry is the song of the heart; it comes from on High. Through poetry so inspired, we hear answers to questions deep and profound. But such answers come not to the mind wallowing in filth, for the Lord will cast no pearls before swine. Listen O man, for that which is of deep import …
Monthly Archives: October 2013
A father’s love
Myself and my precious little girl. Does a father ever stop loving his daughters? Does a father ever stop loving his sons? Throughout time and all eternity I cannot imagine anything less than a continual increase in my feelings for my children, and their children after them, without number, as the stars of the heaven, …
For Time and For All Eternity
“For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place…Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer…” (Isaiah 56, 57) To the Holy Temple do the youth of Israel look, keeping their lives …
Vitter Amendment, Good for all?
Most of us, Republican, Democrat, or Libertarian, would agree with the amendment proposed by U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La, the so-called Vitter amendment, which would make the Affordable Care Act applicable to senior executive branch officials, including the president and vice president. It means simply, that what is good for the ordinary tax paying citizen …
Edward Aloysius Flaherty
It is said of the Irish… “Be they kings, or poets, or farmers, They’re a people of great worth, They keep company with the angels, And bring a bit of heaven here to earth.” Edward Aloysius Flaherty married my mother’s younger sister, Mary Cantu, sometime after the end of World War II. He was born …
What Is A Man Profited?
Having lived almost seven decades, it is possible I have learned a thing or two. I know that one day I must stand before my Creator. Who is He? How well do I know Him? The Son of the Father, in what is known as the great intercessory prayer, declared that “…this is life eternal, …
The Will of the People
There is something to be said for valiant stands against the odds. In Ted Cruz we find the makings of statesman, and not a politician. He has pitted himself against the Democratic Party and the aptly named ‘Surrender Caucus’ of Make Believe Republicans. “I don’t work for the party bosses in Washington. I work for …
Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
“Into each life some rain must fall But too much is falling in mine Into each heart some tears must fall But some day the sun will shine…” So went the song made popular by the now departed Ella Fitzgerald. Much truth is found in those words. Life was not meant to be trouble free. …
“Thy will be done”
In those darkest of moments, when rejection and defeat beset us, having pleaded for understanding, we must summon the courage to finalize each heart rending petition with the words, “Thy will be done, O Lord”. Then shall we learn that the things which matter most, in time and in eternity, come in His own time, …