Flannery O’Connor and Her Pithy Paragraphs. “What people don’t realize is how much religion costs. They think faith is a big electric blanket, when of course it is a cross.” (Flannery O’Connor). Brief Bio. Mary Flannery O’Connor was born in Savannah, Georgia, in 1925, and died from kidney failure in 1964 at 39 years of age. During …
Flannery O’Connor: The Queen of the One-Liners. “All my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it.” (Flannery O’Connor). Brief Bio. Mary Flannery O’Connor was born in Savannah, Georgia, in 1925, and died from kidney failure in 1964 at 39 years of age. During her brief but productive …
Resurrecting St. Patrick – His Breastplate Prayer. “I arise today through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity, through belief in the Threeness, through confession of the oneness of the Creator of Creation…” (the 1st verse of what is known as “St. Patrick’s Breastplate”). The Deer’s Cry. This famous prayer of praise and protection is …
Resurrecting St. Patrick – His Humility and Courage. ‘If I have done anything good for my God whom I love, I beseech Him to grant me that with these new believers and those in captivity I may pour out my blood for His name, even if my body should be denied burial, and be miserably …
Resurrecting St. Patrick – His Faith in the Promises. “I declare in truth and with joy in my heart – before God and His holy angels – that I have never had any motive in my work except preaching the good news and its promises. That is the only reason I returned to Ireland – …
Resurrecting St. Patrick – His Personality and Passion. “In the Gospel story, the passionate, the outsized, the out-of-control have a better shot at seizing heaven than the contained, the calculating, and those of whom this world approves. Patrick seems to have been attracted to the same kind of oddball, off-center personalities that attracted Jesus, and …
Resurrecting St. Patrick – His Shrewdness and Imagination. “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.” (Jesus’ word to His disciples in Matthew 10:16, which could have easily been said to St. Patrick in Ireland). St. Patrick’s Timetable (all these dates and ages are approximate …
Resurrecting St. Patrick – His Dreams and Visions. “Laugh and make fun of me if you want to – I will not keep quiet, nor will I hide the signs and wonderful things that God has revealed to me many years before they actually happened.” (Patrick, from his Confession). St. Patrick’s Timetable (all these dates and ages are approximate …
Resurrecting St. Patrick – A Brief Bio. “I declare in truth and with joy in my heart – before God and His holy angels – that I have never had any motive in my work except preaching the good news and its promises. That is the only reason I returned to Ireland – a place …
On the Christ-Centered School as an Olive Grove. “How fortunate, how happy are you who fear the Lord, you who are filled with reverence and awe for Him. All of us who follow His ways are to be envied, because God Himself will bless us! You will enjoy the fruit of your labor and be …
Observing the Day of Atonement with a Reading of Jonah. “In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me. From the depths of the grave I called for help, and you listened to my cry… When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, Lord, and my prayer rose to you, to …
Observing the Day of Atonement – Renewal of the Marriage Covenant with God. “Seek the Lord while He lets Himself be found. Call upon Him while He is nearby. Let the evildoers abandon their ways, and the sinful ones banish every evil thought. Let them turn to the Lord, and He will have merciful compassion on …