Check out this secular song by Fiona Apple. The song is called Criminal and its about a woman who has broken the heart of a man and she knows she has done wrong and wants forgiveness and redemption from this man.
She doesn't want people to tell her that redemption is not needed, for she knows it is. This is amazing-- truly the natural law written in our hearts (and to a catchy tune!)
Who couldn't sing this song to Jesus? I know I could....
Fr. Santan Pinto, SOLT 1948-2011
It is with a heavy and incredulous heart that I post the news that our beloved Father, Fr. Santan Pinto, died suddenly in a car accident after just arriving for a home visit in India. Apparently, Fr. Pinto was the passenger in a car that was struck and he died instantly. A Bishop in India, the Bishop of Belgaum, has contacted our community and confirmed this sorrowful news. Fr. Pinto's funeral will be tomorrow in India.
It's interesting, you know, after just posting Father's Christmas message yesterday and then posting the clip by Fr. Barron about the true nature of Advent, we never know when God will take us home.
The media and secular society loves to mock celibacy and the priesthood but it's easy to see that Fr. Pinto has more spiritual children than those people ever will. God will not be mocked. Father was a priest who was faithful to the end, who loved God more than anything and made countless sacrifices for his many spiritual children.
To say that he will be mis…
Pilgrimage To Poland
Hello y'all! Super long time, no post! I just wanted to pass along a fun pilgrimage opportunity for you or someone you might know. I will be headed to Poland and Prague September 30th-October 10th with two wonderful priests from Boise, ID.
Would you like to join the group and experience some deep beauty and grace?
Check out the link below for more info. We hope to see you there!
http://www.pilgrimages.com/frbrady/
Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful....Or Are You Beautiful Because I Love You?
When I first heard the song Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, I pondered it for a long time.
The setting in the musical is the royal palace garden and the Prince has just seen Cinderella and danced with her. He is captivated by her beautiful form and finds himself falling in love with her. He then begins to sing "Do I love you because you're beautiful or are you beautiful because I love you?"
Obviously fairy tales speak a deep meaning and are meant to be more than just a superficial story, and so it is with this song.
Philosophers and theologians from of old have heralded beauty (ultimately Divine Beauty) as the attraction of our souls. We are attracted to beauty. But there is another, deeper, aspect to love. Love makes things beautiful. When love is placed in a situation, it invites and elicits beauty.
What may appear "ugly" to someone on the surface, is beautiful to the one who loves. This is why we can sa…
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