Among Us—part two

by Daniel Murphy on May 7, 2007

Love in the heart of the world Living among others in the world-being in the world and not of it-will come in many “styles”:  single, married, ordained priest, aligned with associations or independent. The common denominator is being a sign, a witness to a central reality: love in the heart of the world, in love [...]

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Among Us—part one

May 5, 2007

And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father’s only Son, full of grace and truth.—John 1:14 Among Us The family:  love in the heart of the world We live in a strange and difficult time. We have all kinds of technological [...]

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Pope praises power of music…

April 17, 2007

Click on the link to read the artcile: … to raise gaze of man to “absolute Good and Beauty”

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“We have no time to stand and stare…”

April 10, 2007

Imagine you’re on your way to work. It’s rush hour traffic at the metro and you’re squished in a crowd of commuters. As you travel up the escalator, coffee and donut in hand, to catch the 8:05 into the city, an out-of-place sound begins to rise above the din of early-morning traffic, above the scuffs [...]

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Crushed, Pressed

April 9, 2007

by Daniel Murphy (for Jesus Crucified, Who loved us until the end composed before the Blessed Sacrament on Holy Thursday, April 5, 2007) The discerning winemaker eyes His choicest grapes-ruddy, round, robust, And admires a cluster of sunlighted promise, Taking them gently in hand, plucking them from the vine. The diligent winemaker crushes His choicest [...]

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John Paul the Great’s Cause proceeds

April 2, 2007

Rome, Apr 2, 2007 / 09:32 am (CNA).- As anticipated, the Diocese of Rome officially concluded its investigation into the life, virtues and fame of sanctity of Servant of God John Paul II with a ceremony at midday today, in the Basilica of St. John Lateran. The conclusion of the diocesan investigation is the first [...]

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Become who you are: Action (#7)

February 22, 2007

One Step Enough Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on! The night is dark, and I am far from home; Lead Thou me on! Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see the distant scene; One step enough for me. —first stanza of John Henry Newman’s “Lead Kindly Light” [...]

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Become who you are: Credo (#6)

February 18, 2007

The Inner—paints the Outer— The Brush without the Hand— Its Picture publishes—precise— As is the inner Brand. —Emily Dickinson, #451 Dickinson’s poem reminds us that what we do (“Outer”) arises from what we are (“Inner”). Only people of duplicity appear other than they are. People of integrity strive to match outer and inner. Fundamental to [...]

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Become who you are: vision (#5)

February 12, 2007

I might adapt the famous phrase to say, without a vision, the person perishes. There’s a basic truth here: We are capable of and, in a sense, made to direct our capacities of body, mind, and spirit towards “ends,” things we perceive to be ultimately good. Discovering this dimension of purpose and vision requires calm [...]

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Become Who You Are: responsibility (#4)

February 8, 2007

Human dignity requires one to act through conscious and free choice, as motivated and prompted personally from within, and not through blind impulse or merely external pressure. People achieve such dignity when they free themselves from all subservience to their feelings, and in a free choice of the good, pursue their own end by effectively [...]

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