Do Unto Others

Beauty of Mathematics

Absolutely amazing! Beauty of Mathematics !!!!!!!  It is worth it to read this through the end.  Even if you aren’t into math, you will most likely like what you discover.

1 x 8 + 1 = 9
12 x 8 + 2 = 98
123 x 8 + 3 = 987
1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876
12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765
123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654
1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543
12345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432
123456789 x 8 + 9 = 987654321

 

C A N

A friend of mine sent this to me.

A son asked his father, ‘Dad, will you take part in a marathon with me?’  The father, who, despite having a heart condition, says ‘Yes’.  They went on to complete the marathon together. Father and son went on to join other marathons, the father always saying ‘Yes’ to his son’s request of going through the race together. One day, the son asked his father, ‘Dad, let’s join the Ironman together.’ To which, his father said ‘Yes’ too.

For those who don’t know, Ironman is the toughest triathlon ever.  The race encompasses three endurance events of a 2.4 mile (3.86 kilometer) ocean swim, followed by a 112 mile (180.2 kilometer) bike ride, and ending with a 26.2 mile (42.195 kilometer) marathon along the coast of the Big Island. Father and son went on to complete the race together.

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Are You A Cracked Pot?

My sister and I were driving home from a friend’s house and I got to thinking how strong a faith my sister has.  I asked her, ‘Do you love God?’  To have the kind of faith she has, I assumed she must love God.  She responds with ‘I trust in Him but I don’t say to Him ‘I love you God’ or ‘I love you Jesus.”  I was shocked and all I could say was ‘You don’t?’  And she in turn was surprised and asked me ‘You do?’   What she was actually trying to say was that she does love God but she does not directly say to Him ‘I love you God,’ although she says it with her children when they pray together.

We got to talking more about our faith and she asked me, ‘Are you a cracked pot?’  I went, ‘A what?’  She goes on with this… ‘Well, do you consider yourself a vessel of God?  And as a vessel, would you say you are a cracked pot or a perfect one?’  At this point, she just lost me but I wanted to see where this was going, so I continued listening to her.  ‘If you see yourself a cracked pot, you admit your faults, you admit you are not perfect, and it leads to the virtue of humility.  You learn and you grow to depend on God.  And if God is within you, His presence will shine through those cracks for others to see.  But if you see yourself already perfect, what need do you have of God?  And even if God is within you, you are so compact and closed that you keep Him all inside, not letting Him illumine forth.  You bind and limit His graces inwardly.’ 

‘You are His, His instrument.  Let Him work through you and allow Him to use you to reach others as well.’   Oh.  I know it’s something I really need to work on.  My key chain actually reads ‘Let Go. Let God.’

She said she got this from a daily inspirational/meditation book she reads.  Just something I felt like sharing. 

I Think I Can

I’m trying to come up with a post that is in a positive note.  Tried it with ‘Give Thanks’ but that didn’t work.  So, like this ostrich trying to fly, I’ll keep saying to myself ‘I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.’  I’ll start with wishing you all a good day and a joyful spirit.

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Renter Request

This request came to St. Dominics, and is posted here in the event that someone may be willing to help.  If you know of anyone renting a room, please let him know about it.  - Fr. John

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St. Dominic’s church encouraged me to post a log on the http://thejesuswalk.wordpress.com website.

 

I’m currently in Breckenridge , Colorado.  I anticipate relocating to Los Angeles on July 4th.  I’m supposed to start classes at the Los Angeles Film School (LAFS), July 7th.  I’m having a problem finding housing.  The LAFS will not release a student’s financial aid for two-weeks until after classes have started.  Their concern is that an individual will take the funds, and withdraw from the program.  It’s creating a problem for me, since all the apartment complexes I’ve spoken with are unwilling to rent without a complete payment immediately.  I’ve sent several bulk emails to my future classmates regarding the housing issue.  I’ve had mixed results, with the only strong possibility being with two teenagers (I’m 38).  I’ve emailed Father Francis.  He made some unsuccessful inquiries (I’m thankful his efforts).  I also emailed ten-hostels last week, and have recieved very few responses.

 

Do you know - or any of your colleagues - know of anyone who might be willing to 1)allow me to sleep on a sofa for a few weeks until I’m awarded my financial aid? or 2) rent a room for three-months to a year, knowing that I won’t have the rent funds for a few weeks?  I told the LAFS that I would forgo attending if I didn’t have housing arranged by July 2nd.  The program is two-years worth of courses compressed into one.  I don’t want to pursue housing while working on my coursework.  It will degrade my efficiency and adversely influence my studies; that is my situation.  I’m on a time constraint and need to finalize the issue as quickly as possible. 

 

Take care, and I hope to hear from you shortly.

 

Regards,

Matthew Kennedy

matthew_jkennedy@yahoo.com

Born Again

Give Thanks

I’ll let this one speak for itself.

In case you missed it, check out our very first post, parallel concept…
Think about your life <link>.  It is worth repeating.

Death and Acceptance

         I meant to post this last week, but things got kind of crazy- so, I am posting it now.  Almost 1 year ago, one of my best friend’s lives had changed.  I’m not going to go into too much detail, but in a tragic car accident, she lost her father and her mother is disabled (although on the surface, one wouldn’t be able to tell)

            The two of us were talking about the weekend, and knowing that it was Father’s Day that Sunday, I tried to avoid that topic.  She was talking about how the Laker’s better win :( and how they were planning a big party for Sunday.  Well, I thought it was a Laker party, but it was a Father’s Day party.  Her exact words were, “Georgie will be partying with the Greatest Father and I’m sure he’s having a heezy.”  I was pretty thrown back by the acceptance of her father’s death.  She also said, “God loves my dad more than any of us ever could.”

            My friend kept her family strong during the difficult times when her mom was hospitalized down in Las Vegas and then flown back for more intensive recovery and rehabilitation here in LA.  She made all the funeral arrangements for her father and has since taken care of her mother.

            I asked her, “How do you stay so strong?”  She replied, “I am not strong, but I have faith knowing that everything will be okay.”  WOW!!!  On one end of the phone is a theology major, and on the other end, a person who summed up what it means to have true faith in God in one sentence:  “Faith is not believing God will- Faith is KNOWING God will.”

Dance Cha-Cha With Me

I love to dance, including cha-cha.  But I’m gonna talk about a different kind of cha-cha…

Chastity - Looking at the subject index in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, these are some topics that fall in the category of chastity:  fruit of the Holy Spirit; cultural effort; gift of self; grace of God; preservation of the integrity of the person; vocation of all the baptized; importance of friendship; lust.  But somehow, most of us think of chastity as just being celibate.  There is so much more to it and I would quote again from an article from The Tidings (June 13, 2008), ‘Chastity and the Enchantment of Life’ by Father Ronald Rolheiser:  “To be chaste is to experience people, things, places, entertainment, the phases of one’s life, life’s opportunities, and sex, in a way that does not violate them or ourselves … Chastity is respect and reverence.”

Charity - ‘the theological virtue by which we love God above all things for his own sake, and our neighbor as ourselves for the love of God’ (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1822).

Shall we dance?