“There is…nothing really good that does not emanate from the ordinance of God, and nothing, however good in itself, can be better adapted for the sanctification of the soul and the attainment of peace.”—Jean Pierre Cassaude, “Abandonment to Divine Providence”
All Posts By: Byron McCoy
Short Story
WISDOM
The old man listened to the young man’s plight: convictions, doubts, wants, and dreams—indecisions that made him freeze, and hopes that moved him on. When the young man shared all he wished to speak, he waited for the old man’s reply. The old man reflected, thinking across years, on wisdom attained—lessons learned in […]
Journal Pages
THE LITTLE THINGS
THE LITTLE THINGS: They go a long way—affirmations, encouragements, recognition, simple kindness… Want a better world? Begin with the little things.
Poetry
MIRROR TO OUR MOOD
We all have our storms, days of gray when we can’t see the sun. They are a part of life and this world, but same as days of perfect sky-blue—our storms are not permanent. Our melancholies will pass, and sometimes—just like in the sky when a gray won’t break—we just need a little warmth […]
Quick Thought
MEMORIAL OF ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX
Today is the Memorial of St. Therese of Lisieux—“The Little Flower”—(only know because I saw it in last week’s bulletin). In coincidental (or divine) alignment of timing, I finished her autobiography this week. What I take from it, as have so many others, is the awareness that—however great or small—we all possess beauty to […]
Short Story
NORMANDY WINTER: 1944
It was a winter that seemed to never end. Along the coast, the cold cast morning veils across the sea, ice crystals forming in fragile lines along the sand to crack and break in mornings of rising tide, touching and shattering ice lines left by receding sea in night. Inland, the same fogs […]
Journal Pages
1 JOHN: LOVE
I missed Mass this week. For a few days, I’ve failed to rise and begin my day reading and reflecting; and I felt the difference in my mood. Last night, a friend referenced the First Letter of John, which I went and read this morning: “God is love, and those who abide in love […]
Poetry
HOLE IN SKY
“God, as The Imitation says, ‘sometimes gives Himself to us in radiant light, sometimes veiled in symbols and in shadows.’ It was veiled in this way that He showed Himself to us, but the veil was so light that we could almost see through and there was no room for doubt…—Saint Therese of Lisieux, “The […]