So today I turned on Daily Mass and heard this prayer:"I asked God for strength that I might achieve.I was made weak that I might learn humbly to obey.I asked God for health that I might do greater things.I was given infirmity that I might do better things.I asked for riches that I might be happy.I was given poverty that I might be wise.I asked for power that I might have the … [Read more...]

In Canada I vote for the Conservative Party, and I am I guess a Right Wing guy - but just barely, more of a Centrist. Anyway, I'm Conservative in Canada which according to my friend from Arkansas makes me a liberal in the US. In this last election I thought both candidates were unworthy to lead the American Republic, but I was vaguely rooting for Barrack Obama. I'd read some of … [Read more...]

I'm just sitting here enjoying the day and celebrating my liberty. I have another 10 hours or so in the day and I'm doing well. I'm reading all about Hitler and the Third Reich and the history of Germany etc because I've never read about it alot and never found it super interesting, but it really is. Then I think I'll put on some pajamas when everyone leaves and read some … [Read more...]

"We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. " - Martin Luther KingI have had a bad year. I'm much more depressed, 40 pounds heavier, and more confused about the future. Things have been hard this year.But on the positive side, things haven't been all bad. I've found a good Church, I'm becoming Catholic which makes me happy, I've learned more … [Read more...]

Tonight at our house a bunch of my parents friends from my old Baptist church came over for a dinner party. I was listening to my mother trying to defend the doctrine of purgatory by calling it a harmless 'extra' to the real Christian faith and that even a man like C.S. Lewis could be misled into such popery. Then someone said to me "I was reading the story of Jesus with … [Read more...]