Author Archives: Thomas

I don’t get it. Rules are rules for some people. The above photo shows what some people leave behind after a flight, especially during a long flight, particularly in coach class, where passengers usually board with their water, food, and entertainment devices. If you haven’t seen anything like this, I am sure you have seenContinue reading “Tuesday, 2 August 2022”

With renewed vigor after two months off and the inspiration of children… A couple of observations from the streets of Panamá. The first observation is about the excitement of young children and how wonderful it is. The other day, I was walking to my barber shop, and a huge dump truck was bellowing its wayContinue reading “Monday, 1 August 2022”

WINDY WEATHER James, the first bishop of Jerusalem and generally accepted author of the biblical Letter of James, mentions the wind in a dramatic treatise on the power of the human tongue. He writes, “If we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we also guide their whole bodies. ItContinue reading “Tuesday, 25 May 2022”

K.I.S.S. The few who read this blog have noticed my absence. A few reasons: 1.) I’ve been busy editing footnotes and a bibliography for a doctoral dissertation; 2.) I’ve been on the road lately; 3.) I’ve been uninspired; 4.) I’ve been lazy. Laziness manifests itself in trying to avoid the amount of time it takesContinue reading “Wednesday, 18 May 2022”

FLOWERS FOR MOM Yesterday, after the 9 AM Mass, I decided that I should take a walk. My regular path is right across the street from the church so I joined the route there and walked down to the Bay of Panama. It’s not a long walk to the bay, but as in all walks,Continue reading “Monday, 25 April 2022”

WHAT’S MY LINE? My thoughts about ‘What’s My Line?,’ the television game show are not very deep. I have been bingeing on this show for the last few evenings. Many of you know that this game show aired in the United States from 1950-1975. I have been watching only the episodes which aired from theContinue reading “Thursday, 21 April 2022”

Exodus 6:6 New American Bible (Revised Edition) 6 Therefore, say to the Israelites: I am the Lord. I will free you from the burdens of the Egyptians and will deliver you from their slavery. I will redeem you by my outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.  THREE PROMISES Passover and the Holy Triduum are uponContinue reading “Wednesday, 13 April 2022”

SALUTES In my blog of 4 March 2022, I mentioned that I am reading a book called What Did You Do During the War Sister? (Dennis J. Turner, Cincinnati: Cincinnati Book Publishing, 2nd ed., 2020) I commend it to you. Well, I have about concluded the read and have found many interesting references that concernContinue reading “Friday, 25 March 2022”

ANTISEMITISM From the Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions NOSTRA AETATE (In Our Time) Proclaimed by His Holiness Pope Paul VI on October 28, 1965: In our time, when day by day mankind is being drawn closer together, and the ties between different peoples are becoming stronger, the Church examines moreContinue reading “Sunday , 20 March 2022”

HOUSEKEEPING I am 66 years and almost four months old and I am learning a lot about the details of housekeeping. For nearly 33 years I have lived in rectories where I was honored to have a housekeeper. For the first 20 years of my life, I lived at home and my housekeeping responsibilities wereContinue reading “Monday, 7 March 2022”