Something Strange is Happening

     Something strange is happening -- there is a great silence on the earth today, a great silence and stillness. The whole earth keeps silence because the King is asleep. The earth trembled and is still because God has fallen asleep in the flesh and he has raised up all who have slept ever since the world began. God has died in the flesh and hell trembles with fear.
   

Waving the Red Flag

     “Occasions do not make man weak, but they do show what he is. When we commit a fault, we must not attribute it to a physical cause, such as illness or the weather, but we must attribute it to our own lack of perfection.”                                                                                                                                                                                                               St. Therese of Lisieux

     The blame game started long ago in the Garden of Eden. Adam blamed it on Eve and Eve pointed to the serpent – maybe he blamed it on the weather! We have a difficult time recognizing, let alone, owning our faults and imperfections. There is no difficulty for us in seeing the faults of others. We could write a long list without much trouble. It is our own imperfections that we run and hide from, denying or pretending they don’t exist!