The problem in the Church today is our ignorance of spirituality. When we do not know something and we do not know we do not know it, we tend to think we know it. What the church does not seem to know is how to abide in Jesus. Read more
Year C Second Sunday After Epiphany Bottom Line Meditations
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Jan 07, 2013
Spiritual language is natural, conscious and innate. It is not something we learn, it is something we discover. This language is not rationally taught but consciously remembered. Take time to sense the godly Presence within when a spiritual word is added to the rational, worldly reading of scripture. Bottom Line Meditations for the week before the Second Sunday after Epiphany. We have two lives, rational and spiritual. Feel the difference how our spiritual understanding of life can change our rational understanding of life. Read more
First Sunday After Epiphany
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Jan 03, 2013
What Epiphany is, is what it is. It is a sudden appearance or manifestation of a divine being. It is not something that happened two thousand or so years ago. It is what is happening now. The Gospel story of the wise men is not for historical remembrance but for spiritual insight for each of us today, for the season and for life. Read more
Year C First Sunday After Epiphany Bottom Line Meditations
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Dec 31, 2012
Spiritual language is natural, conscious and innate. It is not something we learn, it is something we discover. This language is not rationally taught but consciously remembered. Take time to sense the godly Presence within when a spiritual word is added to the rational, worldly reading of scripture. Bottom Line Meditations for the week before the First Sunday after Epiphany. Read more
Epiphany
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Dec 27, 2012
What Epiphany is, is what it is. It is a sudden appearance or manifestation of a divine being. It is not something that happened two thousand or so years ago. It is what is happening now. The Gospel story of the wise men is not for historical remembrance but for spiritual insight for each of us today, for the season and for life. Read more
Year C Epiphany Bottom Line Meditations
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Dec 24, 2012
Spiritual language is natural, conscious and innate. It is not something we learn, it is something we discover. This language is not rationally taught but consciously remembered. Take time to sense the godly Presence within when a spiritual word is added to the rational, worldly reading of scripture. We have two lives, rational and spiritual. Feel the difference how our spiritual understanding of life can change our rational understanding of life. Read more
Christmas
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Dec 20, 2012
The tragedy at Newtown will always be a painful memory. The question asked is, “Where was God?” We think of God as Loving, Almighty and all Knowing. He knew this was to happen so why did He not intervene? The answer is to face the fact that we are in a spiritual war between good and evil. An emotional Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy got it right when he said that Evil visited the Village of Newtown. Read more
Year C Christmas Bottom Line Meditations
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Dec 17, 2012
Spiritual language is natural, conscious and innate. It is not something we learn, it is something we discover. This language is not rationally taught but consciously remembered. Take time to sense the godly Presence within when a spiritual word is added to the rational, worldly reading of scripture. Life starts inside spiritually and moves outwardly to the rational world. Feel the difference starting from in to out makes. Read more
Advent IV
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Dec 13, 2012
This is a good opportunity to become conscious of our “Soul”. Using Freudian symbols, the Soul is the “Ego”. It is who we are. Our thoughts are the “Superego” which can be overly judgmental and moralistic. The “Id” is the consciousness that can become an undisciplined little child. The Soul never stands alone. Its strength is in being able to keep the thought and the consciousness in balance. If the thought becomes too strong, the soul can lose its ability to choose. It becomes what the thought thinks about a situation. If the Id takes over the soul without any sense of morals, it becomes promiscuous. Without the balance of the other two, the soul becomes our old self. Read more
Year C Advent IV Bottom Line Meditations
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Dec 10, 2012
Spiritual language is natural, conscious and innate. It is not something we learn, it is something we discover. This language is not rationally taught but consciously remembered. Take time to sense the godly Presence within when a spiritual word is added to the rational, worldly reading of scripture. Worldly looks for physical feeding. Godly looks for spiritual feeding. Read more
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