Category Archives: Inspirational

(fresh) blood of the martyrs

Posted on August 9, 2015 by bobbietaylor

Nowadays, I’m finding myself paying much more attention to Liturgical readings about the early Christian martyrs. Thinking about either St. Paul’s being beheaded, or St. Peter’s being crucified, for example, has a different impact on me now. Their beheading and … Continue reading →

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promises kept and broken

Posted on August 2, 2015 by bobbietaylor

As a consumer, have you ever felt cheated by products that didn’t live up to their advertised features and benefits? Even the youngest consumers can experience the kind of disappointment which turns to resentment—for the company/product that perpetrated the duping … Continue reading →

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on “Words of Beautiful Truth”

Posted on July 26, 2015 by bobbietaylor

Akin to reflecting on sticks and stones in the last post, and the fifth grade neighborhood classmate whose taunts first made me feel the punch of words that hurt, I also started thinking about another classmate, and another school, where … Continue reading →

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“sticks and stones”

Posted on July 19, 2015 by bobbietaylor

Remember the childhood ditty that well-intentioned grownups encouraged us to say in response to our playmates’ verbal taunting or teasing? “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me…” I was thinking about the implications of … Continue reading →

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birthday blessings for Malala Yousafzai

Posted on July 12, 2015 by bobbietaylor

It’s one week after our Fourth of July celebration, and I can’t help wondering to what extent we realize and appreciate the blessings of the freedom that our children—boys and girls (as well as we adults)—have to receive a (lifelong) … Continue reading →

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freedom

Posted on July 5, 2015 by bobbietaylor

“…yearning to breathe free..” These words of Emma Lazarus, contained within her poem “The New Colossus,” engraved on the pedestal on which stands the Statue of Liberty, I’m thinking, are worth considering this Independence Day weekend. “…yearning to breathe free…” … Continue reading →

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win-win

Posted on June 28, 2015 by bobbietaylor

Elated, for sure, when the Lord agreed to accompany him to heal his dying daughter, today’s homilist got me wondering about the father’s emotional state when the Lord’s movement was stalled by the intervention by woman with hemorrhage. Chances are, … Continue reading →

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To those who would be fathers

Posted on June 21, 2015 by bobbietaylor

It’s another one of more than five dozen Father’s Days I’ve been alive to celebrate, and I’m thinking about Our Heavenly Father, and wondering why it never occurs to me to reach out to Him in special loving gratitude this … Continue reading →

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Finding out…as in Galatians 1:15

Posted on June 14, 2015 by bobbietaylor

Yesterday was the feast of St. Anthony of Padua, whom devotees—like me–call upon to help recover lost items, trying our best, I suppose, not to do so superstitiously. And I’m wondering how it is that sometimes we find things that … Continue reading →

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Deaf ears…Speak, Lord….

Posted on June 7, 2015 by bobbietaylor

“Please sit safely.” …”Please put your toys away…Now.” …”Please stop talking.” Over the years, words I’ve spoken as teacher or parent to children over whom I have had authority and responsibility often have fallen on so-called “deaf ears.” Which brings … Continue reading →

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