Category Archives: Being Catholic

Trying to live as if loving God, and my neighbors, matters

God, Love and Clouds

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Brian H. Gill

Today’s Gospel, Mark 9:2 through 10, describes the Transfiguration. I’ll be talking about that. Partly. Also Peter, perceptions, and laundry detergent. It seems like a better idea than getting upset that not everybody calls the second Sunday in Lent “Transfiguration … Continue reading →

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Mass Murder: No Fast Fix

Posted on February 18, 2018 by Brian H. Gill

This year’s Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day were the same day. Folks exchanged greeting cards. Many got their foreheads marked with ashes. And 17 were killed at a high school. Someone’s already called last Wednesday’s mass murder the ‘Valentine’s Day … Continue reading →

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Lent: Not Doing Too Much

Posted on February 18, 2018 by Brian H. Gill

Quite a bit happened this week. We started Lent’s 40-day stay with our Lord in the desert. Not literally. That’s mentioned in today’s Gospel: Mark 1:12–15. I’ve talked about deserts and Deuteronomy, penance and porridge, before. (February 11, 2018; February … Continue reading →

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Skydiving and Lent

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Brian H. Gill

Lent is fast approaching. How I see it and what I do is up to me. Ash Wednesday is next week, so I don’t have much time to decide. Christians, Catholic and otherwise, in my culture generally change what we … Continue reading →

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Changing Rules

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Brian H. Gill

Today’s tech and social norms aren’t what they were in my youth. It’s exciting. Or bewildering. Or unstable. Or dynamic. or any of a myriad other options. Change happens, even if I don’t approve. What matters is making good choices. … Continue reading →

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